A home occupation in unincorporated York County may not change the residential character of its neighborhood, so customer and delivery traffic stays at ordinary residential levels and parking is off-street. State law lets the county require off-street parking.
Under its Unified Development Ordinance, York County keeps a home business subordinate to the dwelling, which means client visits, deliveries, and employees are limited so the use does not generate traffic or parking beyond a normal home. Any parking the business creates must be met off the street on the lot. A new or widened driveway onto a county-maintained road needs an access permit for drainage and safety. Inside Rock Hill, Fort Mill, or York, that city's home-occupation rules apply, and HOA covenants barring commercial traffic are enforced privately.
The county can act against a home occupation that draws non-residential traffic or on-street parking. An HOA enforces covenants in civil court, and blocking a county road draws separate traffic enforcement.
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York County requires garage and yard sales to maintain property appearance. Items must be displayed neatly and removed promptly after the sale ends.
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York County's zoning code regulates garage-sale signs on private property by size and placement, and no county permit covers a sign in the state right-of-way...
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Unincorporated York County requires no rental registration, but its cities do. Rock Hill mandates that every single-family and multi-family rental register w...
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South Carolina has no just-cause eviction rule, and York County cannot add one. Under S.C. Code §27-40-710 a landlord ends a tenancy for unpaid rent with a f...
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