Unincorporated Spartanburg County sets no maximum residential fence height in the ULMO — fences may sit in any yard along the property line. Inside the City of Spartanburg, residential fences max out at 6 feet (rear/side) and 4 feet in a front yard.
Much of unincorporated Spartanburg County is rural and lightly zoned; the Unified Land Management Ordinance (ULMO) lets fences and walls sit 'in all required yards and along any property line' (§3.20(3)e) without stating a height cap — structural safety is governed instead by the building code. The City of Spartanburg does cap heights: §403.1.C limits residentially zoned fences to 6 feet in rear, corner-side and side yards and 4 feet in a required front yard, measured from the sidewalk (or curb/centerline if none). Commercial and industrial zones have no city height restriction.
City zoning violations are enforced by the Planning Department; a non-compliant fence must be lowered or removed and continued violation carries municipal court penalties.
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Spartanburg County and the City of Spartanburg have no ordinance banning backyard composting. It is allowed, but a compost pile that produces offensive odors...
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Spartanburg County and the City of Spartanburg have no ordinance specifically permitting or banning artificial turf for residential lawns. Installation is ge...
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Spartanburg County does not mandate native landscaping. The City of Spartanburg publishes an official approved street-tree list, and no species may be plante...
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Collecting rainwater is legal in Spartanburg County. South Carolina places no statewide restriction on residential rainwater harvesting, and the county sets ...
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Spartanburg County sets no lawn-watering ordinance. Outdoor watering limits come from your utility, Spartanburg Water, which activates address-based schedule...
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Overgrown weeds are a code violation both in the county and the city. Unincorporated county properties are held to 18 inches under the property-maintenance c...
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