Mount Pleasant, SC Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)

20 and was carried forward by the ordinance passed 7-12-1988. 55 the Chief of Police may notify by registered mail the owner (or the owner's agent) of vacant property that litter dangerous to public health, safety, or welfare must be cleared. 56 lets the Chief of Police pay to have the litter removed or order the Town to remove it. 57 the actual cost of that removal, plus 6% annual interest from completion of the work, becomes a charge against the owner and a lien on the property if unpaid.

58 makes clear that if the balance is not paid within 30 days of disposal, the Chief of Police records a sworn statement with the Clerk of Court, creating a lien that carries a further 5% delinquent penalty if not paid by the date the charge becomes delinquent on the tax bill. Together these sections give the Town a full track: prohibition, notice, town-funded removal, cost recovery, and a recorded lien, so an owner who ignores an overgrown or litter-strewn vacant lot in Mount Pleasant faces both a criminal penalty and a real property lien.