Greenwood County, SC Parking Rules: RV & Boat Parking (2026)

Greenwood County Code Sec. 6-3-145, the same "Parking or storage of unlicensed vehicles, construction equipment, trucks and trailers" provision that governs commercial truck parking, addresses recreational trailers in subsection (3): not more than one travel or camping trailer per family living on the premises is permitted on a lot in any residential zoning district in the unincorporated county, and the trailer may not be occupied, temporarily or permanently, while it is parked or stored there. The ordinance does not distinguish between a driveway, side yard, or rear yard placement; the limit is one unit per family, and living in it on-site, even for a weekend, is a violation separate from keeping a second trailer on the lot.

Unlike tractor-trailer rigs, a full-size travel trailer or camper is allowed to sit on a residential lot under this section, but only the single-unit cap applies. As with the rest of Sec. 6-3-145, a use that predates the ordinance but fails to conform had six months from the ordinance's effective date to come into compliance under subsection (4); a second trailer kept on the same residential lot today is a current violation rather than a protected legacy use. Enforcement runs through the Building and Planning Department's zoning administrator, who can require an excess trailer removed or vacated if someone is living in it.

The provision does not mention boats at all; only travel or camping trailers fall under this one-per-family cap, and Greenwood County's general off-street parking design standards in Sec. 6-3-143 expressly exclude single-family detached homes, so a boat kept at a residence sits outside this specific vehicle-storage rule.