Unincorporated Spartanburg County has no curbside cart program; residents self-haul household trash to 17 staffed convenience centers, so the county sets no cart-storage rule. Accumulated garbage is still enforceable as blight under the adopted property maintenance code. City of Spartanburg residents follow city cart rules.
Spartanburg County does not provide curbside garbage carts to the unincorporated county; instead, residents drop off household trash at the county's staffed recycling/collection centers, so there is no county rule requiring carts to be screened or stored a set distance from the street. However, an accumulation of garbage, junk, or debris on a property is enforceable as a property-maintenance violation under the International Property Maintenance Code adopted by the county. Inside the City of Spartanburg, sanitation carts are provided and must follow the city's placement and setout rules. Residents should confirm whether their address is in the unincorporated county or an incorporated city.
Garbage or junk accumulations are cited as property-maintenance violations; after a 20-day notice, the owner is summoned to magistrate court and fined (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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