Pageland, SC Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

Section 30-120 of the Pageland Town Code, in the subdivision regulations' Article IV on improvements, requires every subdivider to install an adequate storm drainage system designed to protect the proposed development from flooding, built in accordance with good engineering practice. The system must be sized to carry all storm water generated within its own drainage area, and it must complement, rather than overload, drainage systems already serving adjacent property both upstream and downstream. Where the zoning administrator and public works director determine that a public storm sewer is reasonably accessible, the subdivider is required to connect to it rather than building a stand-alone system.

Beyond the pipes themselves, the section requires the developer to grant the town an easement for any drainage ditch that carries runoff from more than one lot, with the public works director setting the easement's size. This dovetails with Section 30-84, which requires a storm water easement or drainage right-of-way wherever a subdivision is crossed by a watercourse, drainage way, channel or stream, sized to carry off the storm water, and with Section 30-78's design standard that every subdivision layout account for storm water management and flood damage prevention from the start.

Compliance is checked before construction is even finished: under Section 30-115, final plat approval cannot be granted until the required drainage improvements are installed, or the subdivider posts a bond, escrow deposit or letter of credit guaranteeing their completion, and Section 30-49 similarly bars recording a final plat until required improvements are installed or guaranteed.