Property Maintenance in York County, SC (2026)
2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in York County, South Carolina.
Verified from official government sources
Property Blight
York County's home-rule authority lets it order dilapidated and derelict structures cleaned up or demolished. Overgrown, junk-filled, and abandoned properties in the unincorporated county are abated as public nuisances.
York County Property Blight & Nuisance Ordinance
Some RestrictionsS.C. Code Ann. § 4-9-25
All counties of the State, in addition to the powers conferred to their specific form of government, have authority to enact regulations, resolutions, and ordinances, not inconsistent with the Constitution and general law of this State, including the exercise of these powers in relation to health and order in counties or respecting any subject as appears to them necessary and proper for the sec...
Vacant Lot Maintenance
Unimproved lots in developed parts of unincorporated York County can't grow weeds, brush or rank vegetation past two feet if the lot touches developed property or a public street on two or more sides. Violations are a declared public nuisance the county can order abated.
York County Vacant Lot Weed Rules
Some RestrictionsYork County, S.C. Code § 56.085(C)
(C) Unimproved property. It shall be unlawful for the owner, agent or occupant of any vacant unimproved property in developed residential, commercial or industrial unincorporated areas of the county which abut developed property or public streets on at least two sides to: (1) Permit or allow weeds, noxious growth, brush, or similar vegetation to grow to a height of two feet or more except for n...
Property Maintenance by City in York County
1 cities in York County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
All York County ordinances
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