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

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.

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. 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.