No South Carolina statute and no York County ordinance governs artificial turf on an existing lot. You may install it freely. HOA covenants are the main limit, and lots near Lake Wylie or the Catawba may face stormwater review.
Artificial turf is unregulated for the individual homeowner across unincorporated York County; South Carolina has no turf statute, and the county's landscaping rules bite on new development, not a finished residential yard, so material and placement choices belong to the owner in Clover, York, and the rural south. The practical limit is contractual, since HOA covenants in Fort Mill, Tega Cay, and Lake Wylie subdivisions frequently restrict or ban synthetic lawns. Because the county drains toward Lake Wylie and the Catawba River, a large turf installation on a shoreline or floodplain lot can trigger York County stormwater review, but an ordinary upland lot faces no such step. Cities apply their own landscaping and stormwater rules.
None from the county on an ordinary lot. HOA covenant violations are enforced by the association. Turf that alters drainage on a floodplain or shoreline parcel can draw stormwater enforcement.
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