Mount Pleasant, SC Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)
Key Facts
- Who can order fixes
- Code Enforcement Official (§93.01)
- Covered conditions
- No toilet facilities, poor water, lighting, ventilation, overcrowding
- Notice required
- Written notice specifying defect and correction deadline (§93.02)
- Non-compliance result
- Occupancy can be prohibited until corrected (§93.03)
- Interference offense
- Unlawful to obstruct an inspection (§93.05)
- Default penalty
- General Chapter 10 penalty applies (§93.99(A))
Summary
In the Town of Mount Pleasant, a Code Enforcement Official can order the owner of any apartment house, tenement or other multi-family dwelling to fix unsanitary conditions, including missing toilet facilities, inadequate water supply, poor lighting or ventilation, or tenant overcrowding, and can bar occupancy until the owner complies.
Whenever, in the opinion of the applicable Code Enforcement Official, any apartment house, tenement, or other dwelling, whether occupied by one or more families, is kept and maintained in an unsanitary condition, whether by lack of sufficient toilet facilities, lack of proper or sufficient water supply, lack of sufficient lighting and ventilation, overcrowding of tenants, or otherwise, the applicable Code Enforce- ment Official shall have the power to require the correction of such conditions as hereinafter provided. ... In the event that such owner or agent shall, after notice as hereinabove provided, fail or refuse to comply with the requirements of the Code Enforcement Official, such officer shall thereupon have power to prohibit such occupancy until the requirements of the Code Enforcement Official shall be complied with.
Full Breakdown
01 of the Mount Pleasant Code of Ordinances lets the Code Enforcement Official order corrections whenever an apartment house, tenement, or other dwelling occupied by one or more families is kept in an unsanitary condition, whether from a lack of toilet facilities, inadequate water supply, insufficient lighting and ventilation, overcrowding of tenants, or any other unsanitary cause. 02, the official must give the owner or the owner's agent written notice specifying the condition, the steps needed to fix it, and the deadline for correction; mailing the notice to the address used for tax purposes, or posting it on the premises if the owner cannot be found, counts as service.
03 lets the Code Enforcement Official prohibit occupancy of the unit until the required corrections are made. 06 makes it unlawful to refuse or neglect to abate a condition the official has found dangerous to public health after being directed to correct it.
Violations & Fines
Ignoring a correction notice lets the town prohibit occupancy of the unit under § 93.03 until the unsanitary conditions are fixed. Interfering with a Code Enforcement Official's inspection is a separate offense under § 93.05, and violations of Chapter 93 with no penalty stated elsewhere default to the general penalty in § 10.99 under § 93.99(A).
Frequently Asked Questions
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