Kershaw County, SC Ordinances (2026)

No one may develop land, build, or alter a structure within a Kershaw County special flood hazard area without first getting a development permit under Chapter 16. The planning and…

Kershaw County's Stormwater Manager runs the county's NPDES Phase II Permit No. SCR030000 program under Chapter 14, Article II, requiring a land disturbance permit and a stormwater…

Kershaw County folds erosion and sediment control into its Stormwater Management Ordinance: nobody may develop land, disturb soil, or let sediment leave a property boundary without…

Every new or substantially improved residential structure in a Kershaw County special flood hazard area must have its lowest floor elevated at least one foot above the base flood…

Unincorporated Kershaw County requires an impounded pet to be spayed or neutered before redemption unless an exception applies, under County Code Sec. 4-15. It is not a blanket…

In unincorporated Kershaw County every dog must be kept under restraint or confinement at all times. County Code Sec. 4-3 makes an unrestrained dog unlawfully at large, and animal…

Unincorporated Kershaw County requires every cat over four months old to wear a collar with an ID plate listing the owner's name, address and phone number, per County Code Sec. 4-5…

Unincorporated Kershaw County bans keeping wild or vicious animals for display and lists nondomestic cats, wolves, wolf-dog hybrids, coyotes, foxes, bears, alligators, crocodiles…

In unincorporated Kershaw County, franchised haulers collect recyclables, glass, paper, metal and cardboard, biweekly in containers the collector provides, alongside weekly household…

Kershaw County's Litter Control Ordinance bans dumping, throwing or discarding litter or solid waste on any public or private property or waters in the unincorporated county, from a…

Unincorporated Kershaw County is divided into eight franchise service areas, and single-family or duplex households subscribe to a county-awarded franchise collector for a fee set in…

In unincorporated Kershaw County, furniture, appliances, building material and large tree limbs are not part of standard weekly collection. The county's franchise contract lets the…

Franchise collectors in unincorporated Kershaw County must collect yard trash weekly, but only between April and November, under the terms set in each franchise contract. Yard debris…

Households in unincorporated Kershaw County must set garbage and yard trash containers at curbside on collection day and pull them back in as soon as practical afterward. Containers…

Kershaw County's franchise contract requires once-a-week household garbage collection, with the collector supplying a 90-gallon roll cart that has a cover and stays in good repair, in…

Franchise collectors in unincorporated Kershaw County must pick up recyclables, glass, paper, metal and cardboard, every two weeks in containers the collector provides, as part of the…

Unincorporated Kershaw County treats excessive barking, whining or howling as a public nuisance under County Code Sec. 4-8(b)(6). Animal control can impound a habitually nuisance…

Kershaw County treats a motor vehicle's or motorboat's exhaust noise as a factor in its general noise ordinance: Sec. 24-26(6) directs enforcement to consider whether the vehicle keeps…

Kershaw County has no fixed nighttime curfew hour written into its noise code; instead Sec. 24-26 bans any loud noise that disturbs the peace of an unincorporated residential area at…

Anyone placing utility lines or other material within a county road right-of-way in unincorporated Kershaw County must first get an encroachment permit from public works. Unpermitted…

Unincorporated Kershaw County adopts the National Electrical Code by reference under County Code Sec. 6-25(1)e and requires a permit and a state-issued qualification certificate before…

Unincorporated Kershaw County adopts the International Plumbing, Mechanical, Gas, Energy and Fire Codes by reference under County Code Sec. 6-25(1)c and requires a permit plus a state…

In unincorporated Kershaw County, an owner or contractor must obtain one permit that covers every trade needed to complete a project before construction starts. The county has adopted…

Kershaw County's building official/inspector conducts every inspection required by the adopted construction codes under procedures the Building Codes Board of Adjustments and Appeals…

Smoking and vaping are banned inside and on the grounds of any county-owned building, vehicle, campus, sports arena or parking lot in Kershaw County, and within ten feet of entries and…

Kershaw County bans alcohol outright on any property the county owns or leases, from parks to the boat landing on the Wateree River. Sec. 24-3 prohibits sale, distribution, possession…

In unincorporated Kershaw County, a dwelling found unfit for human habitation under County Code Article III faces a mandatory correction. The county's public officer, the planning and…

In unincorporated Kershaw County, dumping junk, garbage, debris or hazardous waste on any parcel, including vacant and unimproved lots, is declared a public nuisance under County Code…

Kershaw County's nuisance and dangerous-dwelling ordinances set fixed clocks once a complaint moves forward. A nuisance abatement notice under Sec. 22-20 gives an owner 60 days to…