Sign Regulations in Orangeburg County, SC (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
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Political Signs
Political signs are allowed without a permit in every zoning district in unincorporated Orangeburg County, but Section 5.5's temporary-sign table caps them at 32 square feet, applies the same placement restriction written for posters (no utility poles, no right-of-way, five feet off the curb), and requires removal within 60 days after the election.
Political Sign Rules in Orangeburg County
Some RestrictionsOrangeburg County Zoning Ordinance § 5.5 (Political sign row & Notes C, G)
Sign Type Display Period Display Intervals Dimensions Conditions ... Political Not Applicable Not Applicable 32 sq. ft. C/G ... ... C. Posters shall not be allowed on any telephone or power poles or any public right-of-way, and shall be placed no closer than five feet from a street or curb. ... ... G. Political signs shall be removed within 60 days after an election.
Garage Sale Signs
Unincorporated Orangeburg County otherwise bans signs in the public right-of-way, but Section 5.4 of the Zoning Ordinance carves out a narrow exception for yard sales: a temporary directional sign of up to three square feet, displayed for no more than 24 hours, and spaced at least 500 feet from the next one.
Yard Sale Directional Signs in Orangeburg County
Some RestrictionsOrangeburg County Zoning Ordinance § 5.4
No sign shall be allowed in the public right-of-way, except for the following: ... and6.Directional signs of a temporary nature not to exceed three (3) square feet in area and 24 hours in duration for such events as yard sales, auctions, public gatherings, etc., provided they are located no closer than 500 feet apart.
Digital Billboards
Orangeburg County's Zoning Ordinance treats digital signage as its own sign characteristic in Table 4: a 'Digital' sign needs a zoning permit and is allowed only in the CG and BI districts, while a 'Changeable Copy' sign, one whose message can be changed without altering the sign face, is allowed by right in every district except the three residential and office zones.
Digital and Changeable-Copy Signs in Orangeburg County
Significant RestrictionsOrangeburg County Zoning Ordinance §§ 5.2 & 10.1
Sign Type RS RG RO CN CG BI FA RC INS (3) ... Digital N N N N P P N N N ... Sign, Changeable Copy - A sign or portion thereof with characters, letters or illustrations that can be changed or rearranged without altering the face or the surface of the sign. A sign on which the message changes more than eight times per day shall be considered an animated sign and not a changeable copy sign for pur...
Window Signs
The Orangeburg County Zoning Ordinance treats window signs as a building sign type governed by Table 4 of Section 5.2. They are barred outright in the RS and RG residential districts, but allowed without a permit ('A') in every other zoning district in the unincorporated county, including RO, CN, CG, BI, FA, RC and the institutional overlay column.
Window Signs in Unincorporated Orangeburg County
Light RestrictionsOrangeburg County Zoning Ordinance § 5.2, Table 4 (Window sign row)
Sign Type RS RG RO CN CG BI FA RC INS (3) ... Window N N A A A A A A A
Freeway-Facing Signs
In unincorporated Orangeburg County, off-premises billboards are allowed only with a zoning permit in the CG (General Commercial) and BI (Business/Industrial) districts. Most billboards are capped at 600 square feet and 36 feet in height, but the Zoning Ordinance gives a bonus to signs within 600 feet of an Interstate right-of-way, up to 1,200 square feet with no height ceiling at all.
Orangeburg County Billboard Bonus Near Interstate ROW
Significant RestrictionsOrangeburg County Zoning Ordinance § 5.2, Table 5, Notes (C), (E) & (G)
(C) - 500 ft. minimum distance required by this section shall be measured between billboards located on either side of the street along the centerline of the street from which the billboard is viewed, when meeting this requirement, a billboard may be located on the same lot or parcel with one "other" sign. ... (E) - 600 square feet, except where located within 600 feet of an Interstate ROW, whe...
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