Mount Pleasant, SC Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)

07 of the Code of Ordinances targets deleterious or hazardous conditions on land throughout Mount Pleasant. The section first defines what counts as part of the regulated lot: a VACANT or IMPROVED LOT or ACREAGE includes not just the parcel itself but the street right-of-way up to the start of the pavement and any drainage or utility easement touching that lot, except off-street drainage easements that aren't piped, meaning the owner's clearing duty can extend past the property line into the verge. Division (B) then bars maintaining, or permitting to be maintained, any premises, vacant or occupied, where grass, weeds, undergrowth, trash, garbage, offal, stagnant water, building materials, glass, wood, or damaged and deteriorated vehicles, boats, or planes accumulate into matter deleterious to good health and public sanitation that is or may become a nuisance injuring the health or welfare of nearby residents or the public, or injuring neighboring property.

The ordinance doesn't set a specific inch or foot height for grass or weeds; the standard is whether the growth or debris has become a nuisance affecting health, safety, or a neighbor's property. 091. 99(B)(1) makes the failure a misdemeanor under state law, with a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days, though the penalty can never exceed what state law allows for a similar offense, and each day the violation continues counts as a separate offense.