Pageland, SC

Pageland bars property owners from letting weeds and grass grow uncut on improved land inside town limits to the point the property becomes unsightly or unhealthy. Code enforcement can…

Pageland's code makes tree trimmers responsible for their own mess: anyone cutting, trimming or digging near a street or sidewalk must promptly remove all branches, limbs and other…

South Carolina's Drought Response Act establishes a statewide framework for declaring drought stages and implementing mandatory water-use restrictions through DNR and local water…

Pageland requires a permit before anyone burns trash or holds a bonfire inside town limits. The fire chief issues it, or the police chief steps in if the fire chief is unavailable.

Every Tiny House unit built under Pageland's Article 13 development standards must have a smoke alarm in each sleeping room and one outside the sleeping area near the bedrooms…

South Carolina permits year-round sale and use of consumer fireworks to buyers 16 and older. Licensing sits with the State Board of Pyrotechnic Safety under Title 40, Chapter 56…

South Carolina regulates LP-gas (propane) storage, transport, and installation under Title 40 Chapter 82. The LP-Gas Board licenses dealers and enforces NFPA 58 standards uniformly…

The South Carolina Forestry Commission has statewide authority to declare wildfire emergencies, issue burn bans, and suppress forest fires. Title 48 designates protected forestland and…

Pageland bans commercial vehicles over 3.5 tons, tractor trailers, and buses seating 16 or more from residential streets and lots at any time. Sec. 7-5 also outlaws parking a truck…

Pageland bans leaving a derelict, wrecked or inoperative vehicle on a public street for more than 48 hours, or on private property for more than seven days. One covered derelict…

Pageland's town code caps use of marked loading zones at 30 minutes. Section 32-95 reserves these curb spaces for the expeditious loading, unloading, pickup or delivery of materials…

Pageland bars RVs and boats over 17 feet from residential front yards, side setbacks, and the rear five feet of a lot, but allows loading stops up to 24 hours and temporary RV lodging…

Pageland's town code prohibits stopping, standing or parking on any street or alley in a way that leaves less than ten feet of roadway open for traffic. Drivers must park parallel to…

South Carolina caps no towing charge. There is no statutory or regulatory ceiling on a hookup fee, mileage rate or daily storage rate, and no statewide drop fee for returning to your…

Pageland's zoning ordinance caps decorative front-yard fences at 4 feet unless they use an open design, bans chain link over 4 feet facing the street, and keeps corner lots clear of…

South Carolina is a closed-range, fence-in state. Under S.C. Code Section 47-7-110 the livestock owner, not the adjoining neighbor, must confine animals; letting them run at large is a…

Appendix A caps accessory buildings at 12 feet tall when they sit inside a required setback, bans them from the front yard entirely, and confines sheds and dry-storage structures to…

Pageland allows accessory apartments as a conditional use only when the main house is owner-occupied. Sec. 4-7(A)(8) caps the unit at 50 percent of the principal dwelling's floor area…

Pageland bans swine, goats, cattle, and other livestock or fowl from being kept anywhere in town under Section 4-97, but Section 4-98 carves out a narrow permit path for backyard…

Pageland caps household pets at four cats and four dogs over one year old under Town Code Section 4-7. Animal control can impound anything kept beyond that count, though the cap does…

Pageland requires every dog and other animal to stay under strict voice control or physical restraint whenever it is off its owner's property, under Town Code Section 4-15. An animal…

Pageland does not ban exotic pets outright, but Town Code Section 4-66 requires anyone keeping a poisonous reptile or dangerous carnivorous wild animal to register it with the animal…

South Carolina regulates the movement and disease inspection of honey bees under Title 46, Chapter 37, administered by Clemson's Department of Plant Industry. Bees brought into the…

South Carolina regulates dangerous dogs at the state level under Title 47, Chapter 3. The state does not impose breed-specific bans, leaving most breed restrictions to local…

South Carolina bans intentionally feeding black bears statewide under S.C. Code § 50-11-440 and restricts deer baiting by region under Department of Natural Resources rules. These…

Pageland's zoning table permits a Family Day Care Home as a right-by-use in every residential district but bars it entirely from commercial and industrial zones. The code caps it at…

Pageland caps the traffic a home-based business can generate at whatever a residential street already sees. Sec. 4-6 of the Town's Zoning Ordinance bars any home occupation from…

Home occupations are allowed by right in any Pageland residential district under Sec. 4-6, but only if they clear a twelve-point checklist covering location, size, employees…

Pageland allows no signage at all for a home occupation. Sec. 4-6.D of the Zoning Ordinance is a flat rule: home-based businesses in residential districts cannot post any sign…

South Carolina calls its cottage food law the Home-based Food Production Law, and it is one of the least paperwork-heavy in the country. S.C. Code Section 44-1-143 lets an individual…

South Carolina has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, so there is no route for selling meals cooked to order out of your own house to the general public. Regulation…

Pageland treats a dog or other animal that barks, whines, howls, crows or cackles in an excessive, continuous or untimely fashion as a public nuisance under Town Code Section 4-12…

Pageland bans operating any musical device loudly enough to disturb the community's repose between midnight and 8 a.m., and at any hour on Sunday. A home radio or TV kept at a…

South Carolina imposes a statewide 7% sales and accommodations tax on short-term rentals of fewer than 90 continuous days. Hosts must register with SCDOR, collect the tax from guests…

South Carolina regulates public and semi-public swimming pools under Regulation 61-51, now administered by SCDES (formerly DHEC), applying uniform safety, sanitation, and operator…

South Carolina requires building permits for swimming pools under the statewide adoption of the International Residential Code. The Building Codes Council mandates uniform standards…

Pageland requires every mobile food unit, from food trucks to ice cream trucks, to hold a mobile food business license before selling on any property in town. The license costs $75 per…

Pageland flatly bars mobile food vendors from setting up on any street, sidewalk, alley, trail, or other right-of-way. The only way onto public space is town approval for a special…

Pageland confines mobile food units to private property in commercial and industrial zoning districts, running 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and keeps them at least 200 feet from any…

Pageland's zoning table allows solar farm facilities only as a conditional use in the Light Industrial district, and Sec. 4-14 requires a zoning permit, sealed site plans, and a…

Pageland forbids any carnival, street show, or similar business from setting up in town without written permission from the town council. The permit has to spell out the date, time…

Pageland requires the town council's prior written consent before anyone closes or otherwise interferes with a public street, sidewalk or alley, the ordinance a resident or organizer…

Pageland requires a permit before anyone pickets, parades or marches within town limits. Organizers file a written application with the municipal clerk stating the time, duration…

Pageland requires a written application to the town administrator before anyone reserves Moore's Park for an event, filed at least 30 days in advance under Town Code section 24-43. The…

Pageland makes it unlawful to loiter on any street, park, public place or public building, or to obstruct pedestrian, vehicle or building access. The ordinance defines loitering…

Pageland bans smoking or using any tobacco product at town recreation facilities, including Pigg Park, Moore's Park, the Scout Hut, Conbraco Park and the multi-purpose community…

Pageland Town Code Section 32-44 keeps roller skates, skateboards and similar toy vehicles off public roadways. Riders may enter a roadway only to cross at a marked crosswalk, or to…

Pageland's town code makes it a misdemeanor to drink any intoxicating alcoholic beverage on the town's streets, alleyways, highways or other public places. The same article also bars…

Pageland closes its parks and recreation facilities, including Pigg Park, Moore's Park, the Scout Hut and Conbraco Park, from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. except for approved functions. A…

Pageland bars anyone 16 or younger from loitering, wandering or playing in streets, parks, alleys and other public places between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless accompanied by an…

Pageland Town Code § 8-45 lets the building official or fire chief order a building demolished once it's damaged by fire, decay or any other cause to 50 percent of its value, giving…

Pageland requires every Tiny House pocket-neighborhood development to use IESNA full-cutoff fixtures for street, sidewalk, and parking lighting, capped at 25 feet high, and to aim all…

Pageland's zoning code requires parking-lot lighting arranged so it doesn't interfere with adjoining residential areas, and pool, tennis court, or recreational lighting placed in a…

Pageland Town Code § 8-2 bars anyone from erecting or constructing a building or structure, or adding onto one, until a permit is issued by the proper official and the required fee is…

Pageland Town Code § 8-17 adopts the International Plumbing Code as one of the technical codes the town enforces, which means plumbing work needs a permit and inspection like any other…

Pageland Town Code § 8-17 adopts the National Electrical Code as one of the technical codes the town enforces, so electrical work needs the same permit and inspection process as any…

Using someone else's privately owned dumpster in Pageland without permission is unlawful under Town Code section 26-16, and nonresidents cannot use even the town's public containers…

Pageland residents must bag garbage before it goes in the rollout cart and set the cart near the sidewalk or street for pickup, per Town Code section 26-4. Carts can sit at the curb no…

It's unlawful to deposit any solid waste on public or private property anywhere in Pageland under Town Code section 26-10, whether or not you own the land. All waste has to go out for…

Pageland picks up limbs, underbrush and leaves placed at the street under Town Code section 26-8, but limits branches to four feet long or ten inches across and caps town collection to…

The Town of Pageland guarantees curbside garbage pickup at least once a week under Town Code section 26-12, regardless of property class. Residential and commercial customers alike…

The South Carolina Solid Waste Policy and Management Act (Title 44 Chapter 96) bans certain materials from landfills statewide and sets a 40% recycling goal. Lead-acid batteries, used…

Every wrecker company operating in Pageland needs a current business license, and police-directed tows run through a town rotation list with capped fees. Non-consent tows are limited…

Pageland prohibits sexually-oriented businesses everywhere except as a Special Exception in the General Commercial (GC) district, and even there they must sit at least 1,000 feet from…

A tattoo or body piercing shop in Pageland cannot sit within 1,000 feet of a residence, church, school, day care, museum, park, or another tattoo parlor. Sec. 4-11 also requires DHEC…

South Carolina regulates vape and e-cigarette retail through its tobacco and alternative-nicotine laws in Title 16, Chapter 17. Retailers may not sell to anyone under 21 under federal…

Pageland's zoning table allows crop farming only in the R-8, R-6, GRR and both industrial districts, and bans livestock, poultry, swine and horses in every zoning district in town…

South Carolina protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits when surrounding land uses change under the Right to Farm Act.

Pageland's Table 2 sets front setbacks from zero feet downtown to 50 feet in the general commercial and industrial districts, with residential side and rear yards generally 10 to 15…

Pageland caps building height at 35 feet in its lowest-density residential and commercial districts and 60 feet in GR, GRR, CC, GC and both industrial zones. Height is measured from…

Building a driveway entrance or curb cut into a paved Pageland street requires a written permit from the town administrator or public works director first, under Town Code section…

Pageland Town Code Section 28-49 bans placing any obstruction on a street, sidewalk or public way that makes passage difficult, inconvenient, dangerous or impossible. A narrow…

Every new Pageland subdivision must install an adequate storm drainage system, sized to good engineering practice and to carry all storm water in its drainage area without overloading…

Pageland's subdivision code keeps new construction out of flood-prone land: no building within 50 feet of a natural drainage way or any FEMA-designated flood-prone area, and a lot…

South Carolina's Coastal Tidelands and Wetlands Act gives SCDES (formerly DHEC's OCRM) exclusive permit authority over critical areas in the eight coastal counties. State critical-area…

South Carolina's Sediment Reduction Act sets statewide minimum erosion and sediment-control standards for construction sites. SCDES (formerly DHEC) enforces uniform technical…

Pageland Town Code § 10-35 limits a garage sale to two on-site signs of four square feet each, plus two off-site signs of two square feet each with the property owner's written…

South Carolina Code Section 57-25-10 makes it unlawful to place any sign, including a campaign or political sign, within a state highway right-of-way where it is visible from the…

During a declared drought phase, Pageland water customers who get a ten-day notice to fix a leak and don't comply lose water service. The town also steps up its own leak-hunting in the…

Pageland's town code makes it unlawful to operate a bicycle or motorcycle in a reckless or dangerous manner on any public right-of-way, and separately bars riding bicycles on town…

To drive a golf cart on a South Carolina public highway the owner must obtain a permit decal and registration certificate from the Department of Motor Vehicles, showing proof of…

Pageland Town Code § 8-44 makes owners of every vacant or unoccupied structure in town secure it against trespassers and against becoming a nesting place for birds, rats and other…

Pageland Town Code §§ 10-29 and 10-30 cap garage sales at four permits per residence or family household each calendar year and limit each sale to the daylight hours of two consecutive…

Pageland taxes short-term lodging at a flat 3 percent local accommodations tax under Town Code Section 2-392, mirroring the state definition of transient accommodations in S.C. Code…

South Carolina state law prohibits cultivation, possession, and use of marijuana for any purpose, including medical and personal home grow. Cities cannot legalize home cultivation…

South Carolina state law restricts recreational drone use over correctional facilities and prohibits drone harassment of hunters and anglers. Federal FAA rules govern airspace, but…

South Carolina preempts local governments from setting minimum wage rates above the federal floor under Section 6-1-130 of the state code.

South Carolina has no statewide paid sick-leave or paid family-leave mandate, and no city has adopted one. Section 6-1-130 preempts only local minimum-wage rules, so no statute…

South Carolina allows concealed carry under permit and, since 2024, lawful permitless carry by eligible adults aged 18 or older.

South Carolina law preempts local governments from regulating firearms, ammunition, components, and related accessories beyond what state law expressly authorizes.

South Carolina permits open carry of handguns by eligible adults under the 2021 Open Carry With Training Act and the 2024 permitless carry law.

South Carolina allows lawful adults to carry a loaded handgun in a private vehicle without a permit under the 2024 constitutional carry expansion of Section 23-31-215.

South Carolina outlaws lotteries and raffles unless conducted under one of three authorized programs: the state Education Lottery, Charitable Bingo (S.C. Code § 12-21-3910 et seq.), or…

South Carolina's 1802 gaming law, Section 16-19-40, makes it a crime to play cards or dice for money in a private home, kitchen, or barn -- there is no exception for a friendly poker…

South Carolina bans sports betting outright. S.C. Code § 16-19-130 makes it a crime to bet at a race track, sell pools, run a bookmaking operation, or record wagers on the outcome of…

South Carolina's Homeowners Association Act imposes only one meeting rule and one records rule. Section 27-30-140 requires at least forty-eight hours' notice before the meeting at…

South Carolina protects exactly one flag. S.C. Code Section 27-1-60 overrides any restrictive covenant, declaration, rule, contract, lease or homeowners' association document that…

South Carolina sets no dollar cap on homeowners association fines and requires no notice, hearing or cure period before one is imposed. The Homeowners Association Act, S.C. Code…

South Carolina gives condominium associations a statutory assessment lien but denies it any priority over a mortgage. S.C. Code Section 27-31-210(a) makes unpaid common-expense…

South Carolina places no statutory limit on how far a homeowners association may restrict leasing. There is no grandfathering clause for owners already renting, no cap percentage, no…

No section of the South Carolina Code authorizes, defines, or regulates a DUI checkpoint. The words checkpoint and roadblock appear in exactly three sections of the whole code, and…

South Carolina has no statute granting a right to film police and no buffer-zone offense keeping bystanders back from an arrest. What protects you instead is the state wiretap chapter…

South Carolina has never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute. A pedestrian stopped on a Columbia sidewalk or outside a Charleston bar commits no offense by declining to give a…

South Carolina has not legalized cannabis, so it has none of the possession-is-not-probable-cause language other states built their vehicle-search pages on. What it has instead is a…

Under S.C. Code § 27-40-710, a landlord may terminate for nonpayment if rent stays unpaid for 5 days after it is due and the landlord gives written notice. For other material lease…

Under S.C. Code § 27-40-440, landlords must comply with building and housing codes, keep the premises fit and habitable, and maintain electrical, plumbing, heating, and other systems…

Under S.C. Code § 27-40-530, a landlord must give the tenant at least 24 hours' notice before entering the unit and may enter only at reasonable times, except in an emergency. The…

Under S.C. Code § 27-40-770, either the landlord or tenant may end a month-to-month tenancy by giving the other at least 30 days' written notice before the termination date. A…

South Carolina law preempts local rent control. Under S.C. Code Ann. § 27-39-60, no county or municipal corporation may enact or enforce any ordinance regulating the rent charged for…

South Carolina sets no statutory cap on a residential security deposit. Under S.C. Code Ann. § 27-40-410, when a tenancy ends the landlord must refund the deposit, less any accrued…

Under S.C. Code § 15-67-210, occupation of land is presumed subordinate to the legal owner unless the property has been "held and possessed adversely" for 10 years before an action is…

Federal Tobacco 21 law bars selling tobacco, vapor, or alternative nicotine products to anyone under 21, and this applies in South Carolina. South Carolina's own statute (§ 16-17-500)…

South Carolina has not enacted a statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vapor products, and local flavor bans face preemption challenges under state tobacco law.

South Carolina permits extra lamps only from a closed list with fixed counts and mounting heights: one spot lamp, two fog lamps, one auxiliary passing lamp and one auxiliary driving…

South Carolina never wrote a windshield allowance. Section 56-5-5000 simply forbids driving with any sign, poster or other nontransparent material on the front windshield, sidewings or…

Lane splitting is expressly illegal in South Carolina. S.C. Code Section 56-5-3640(c) states that no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic, or between adjacent…

A tinted licence plate cover is illegal in South Carolina by name. S.C. Code Section 56-3-1240(D) forbids displaying any other licence plate, lighting equipment, tag, sign, monogram…

A radar or laser detector is lawful in a private passenger vehicle in South Carolina. The phrase radar detector appears nowhere in the S.C. Code of Laws, and the word radar itself…

South Carolina has no studded tire season. S.C. Code Section 56-5-5040 makes it permissible to use regular and snow tires with studs on any vehicle for increased safety at any time of…

South Carolina sets one figure and applies it almost everywhere. Under S.C. Code Section 56-5-5015(C) and (D)(2), after-market film on the front side wings, the side windows beside and…