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

16(4) draws a hard line by district: "No signs shall be allowed in the RS and RG Districts," with no exception written into the home-occupation standards for even a small identification sign. Because RS and RG are the county's two residential districts, Single-Family and General Residential, and Table 1 conditionally permits home occupations mainly in residential areas, the practical result is that most home-based businesses in unincorporated Orangeburg County cannot post any sign at all, not even a modest nameplate at the driveway. The ordinance draws a contrast elsewhere: "Elsewhere signs shall be permitted in accordance with the requirements of Article V," so a home occupation located in a district outside RS and RG can have a sign, but it still has to meet whatever size, height, illumination and setback standards Article 5 sets for that district generally; the home occupation gets no special sign allowance beyond what any other permitted use in that zone would get. 16 does not extend to home occupations in RS or RG.