Horry County has no ordinance banning or specifically regulating residential artificial turf; it is treated as a landscaping surface. Installation is generally allowed on private lots. Stormwater and drainage rules, city codes, and HOA covenants may still control how and where turf is placed.
Horry County's code does not contain a residential artificial-turf standard, so synthetic grass is generally permitted on private property as an alternative to natural lawn. Because the Grand Strand is flood-prone, the practical constraints are drainage and stormwater: replacing pervious lawn with impervious or poorly draining turf must not increase runoff onto neighbors or public rights-of-way, and larger impervious changes can trigger the county's stormwater and land-development review. Within incorporated municipalities (Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Conway), city zoning and property-maintenance codes may set turf or ground-cover standards, so city residents should confirm local rules. HOAs commonly regulate or prohibit visible artificial turf through covenants, which are enforced privately, not by the county. Turf should be kept clean
There is no county fine for installing artificial turf. Problems arise only if it causes drainage/stormwater violations, breaches an incorporated city's landscaping code, or violates HOA covenants (enforced by the association, not the county).
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