In unincorporated Spartanburg County, blighted property, junk accumulations, and derelict vehicles are enforced by county Environmental Enforcement under the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) as adopted plus county ordinances. A derelict vehicle must be brought up to code or stored inside a three-sided structure.
Spartanburg County Environmental Enforcement enforces the International Property Maintenance Code (adopted by the county) and county ordinances covering litter control and property maintenance in the unincorporated county; incorporated cities like Spartanburg run their own programs. The county defines a derelict vehicle as a motor vehicle that is partially dismantled, wrecked, or incapable of self-propulsion, or one without a current license on which property tax is unpaid. Such vehicles must be brought up to code or placed in storage, defined as a three-sided structure; a car cover or tarp does not satisfy the rule. Complaints about overgrown or blighted property and derelict vehicles are handled through the county's Report a Property Maintenance Issue form.
After a 20-day violation notice expires, the property owner or agent is issued a summons to appear in magistrate court and is fined (Spartanburg County Environmental Enforcement).
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Spartanburg County and the City of Spartanburg have no ordinance banning backyard composting. It is allowed, but a compost pile that produces offensive odors...
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Spartanburg County and the City of Spartanburg have no ordinance specifically permitting or banning artificial turf for residential lawns. Installation is ge...
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Spartanburg County does not mandate native landscaping. The City of Spartanburg publishes an official approved street-tree list, and no species may be plante...
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Collecting rainwater is legal in Spartanburg County. South Carolina places no statewide restriction on residential rainwater harvesting, and the county sets ...
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Spartanburg County sets no lawn-watering ordinance. Outdoor watering limits come from your utility, Spartanburg Water, which activates address-based schedule...
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Overgrown weeds are a code violation both in the county and the city. Unincorporated county properties are held to 18 inches under the property-maintenance c...
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