Anderson County, SC Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)

Section 6:6.3 of the county's zoning ordinance, part of Article 6's general provisions that apply countywide under Section 6:1, sets the residential commercial-vehicle limit. In every R district except R-A, a household may keep no more than one commercial vehicle on the premises. The rule draws a hard line on cargo: vehicles used for hauling explosives, gasoline, or liquefied petroleum products cannot be parked in a residential district at all, regardless of the one-vehicle allowance. Full tractor-trailer rigs are confined to the R-A district; in every other residential district, only the tractor portion of a tractor-trailer combination may be parked, meaning the trailer itself must be stored elsewhere.

The neighboring subsection, 6:6.4, separately bars storing off-site business equipment and materials, such as backhoes, front-end loaders, or building supplies, on R-district property (other than R-A and R-A2) unless it is screened from every property line, and requires removal within ten days of contact from the development standards department. A resident who wants to keep a second commercial vehicle, or a hazardous-cargo truck, has no administrative waiver available under this section; the only route is a variance from the board of zoning appeals under Section 9:5.2, which requires proof of an extraordinary hardship tied to the specific property, not personal inconvenience, plus a $200 application fee under Section 9:8.