Dorchester County abates weeds and rank undergrowth as nuisances under its Chapter 14 environment code, working from complaints rather than a set height. The county can clear a neglected lot and lien the cost; Summerville enforces its own overgrowth rules in town.
Weed and overgrowth enforcement in unincorporated Dorchester County runs on nuisance law. The county's environment code makes it unlawful to let a premises, including a vacant lot, accumulate dead trees, uncut grass, weeds, undergrowth, and debris, and Code Enforcement responds to specific complaints. Humid Lowcountry summers push kudzu, Chinese privet, and other invasives fast across neglected parcels near the Ashley River corridor. If an owner ignores the abatement notice, the county administrator can clear the property and recover the cost as a lien. Summerville and the county's other towns run their own property-maintenance enforcement inside their limits.
Written notice with a cure deadline. If the owner fails to comply, the county may abate the growth and recover the cost as a lien on the property. Town enforcement follows its own notice process.
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