Richland County's Land Development Code allows one small, non-illuminated sign for a home occupation, not exceeding two square feet, mounted flat against the dwelling (or on a low freestanding post in rural RU/RR districts).
Under the Richland County LDC sign standards, a home occupation is limited to a single non-illuminated sign. It must be mounted flat against the wall of the principal structure where the home occupation is conducted, or, in an RU or RR zoning district, on a freestanding post up to four feet tall (including the sign), and it may not exceed two square feet in area. No other display of goods, products, services or advertising may be visible from outside the dwelling. Home-occupation signs are permitted only in districts where home occupations themselves are allowed. City sign codes apply within Columbia, Forest Acres and Blythewood.
An oversized, illuminated or off-premises home-occupation sign is a code violation; enforcement can require removal and impose zoning fines for continued non-compliance.
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Richland County has no ordinance banning residential backyard composting. Reasonable home compost piles are allowed, but a pile that becomes a nuisance, harb...
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Richland County has no ordinance specifically permitting or prohibiting artificial turf on residential lots. Single-family yards are exempt from the county's...
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Richland County itself imposes no permanent lawn-watering ordinance. Outdoor water use is governed by your water utility and by South Carolina's Drought Resp...
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Richland County Code Sec. 18-4 treats overgrown grass, weeds, dead brush and noxious plants in developed areas as "unsafe and noxious vegetation." The sherif...
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