On public streets in Charleston County, state law (SC Code 56-5-2530) governs where you may not stop, stand, or park: not on sidewalks, in crosswalks, within intersections, or blocking a fire hydrant or driveway. Neighborhood and island towns add their own on-street limits.
The unincorporated county follows South Carolina's Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways. Section 56-5-2530 lists places where stopping, standing, or parking is prohibited except to avoid conflict with traffic or to obey a police officer or traffic-control device: on a sidewalk, in front of a public or private driveway, within an intersection, within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, on a crosswalk, and within twenty feet of a fire-station driveway. On private-community streets (e.g., Daniel Island), the community and city add rules requiring vehicles to leave at least ten feet of roadway clear and to keep three feet from either side of a driveway.
Violating the state stopping-and-parking statute is a misdemeanor traffic offense; vehicles may be ticketed and towed. Local additions carry municipal fines.
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