Aiken County, SC Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Sec. 16(4) states that no signs shall be allowed for home occupations in the RC, RD, RM, or RH5 zoning districts, a flat prohibition with no exception for size, illumination, or wording. It works together with clause (5), which separately bars displaying merchandise or articles so they are visible from outside the building, closing off the window-display option a sign ban alone might leave open. Both clauses are part of the eleven conditions in Sec. 16 that a home occupation must meet wherever Table 1 lists it as a conditional use, and they exist to keep the residential character of the property intact under clause (9), which bars altering the residential appearance of the building or premises.

The text names only the RC, RD, RM, and RH5 districts, so a home occupation conditionally permitted in a different zoning district falls outside this specific no-sign clause, though it remains subject to the county's general sign standards in Article VI referenced elsewhere in the chapter.