Oconee County, SC Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)

Weeds and uncontrolled plant growth in unincorporated Oconee County are addressed under the county's adopted 2021 International Property Maintenance Code rather than a standalone weed ordinance. Oconee County Code § 6-51 adopts the Property Maintenance Code and its Chapter 1 administrative sections by reference, then lists the local changes the county has made to the model text. 4, the section of the Property Maintenance Code that regulates weeds on exterior property, the county's amendment states that the blank left in that section is filled with "Reference other provisions in this Section 302 in relation to sanitation, rodent harborage, and the like" with respect to weeds, rather than inserting a specific inch or foot measurement.

In practice this means Oconee County ties its weed standard to the broader Section 302 exterior-property maintenance requirements on sanitation and rodent harborage instead of a stand-alone maximum height. 1 make "Code Enforcement" the office that administers this and every other Property Maintenance Code provision, and Sections 107 and 108 are amended so that any appeal of a weed or exterior-property citation goes to the county's Board of Building Code Appeals under Sec. 6-85. Because the Property Maintenance Code is enforced as one of the "building codes or regulations adopted pursuant to" Chapter 6, a citation for uncut weeds carries the same civil-fine structure as any other Property Maintenance Code violation under Sec. 6-84.