No rule requires a host to be present during a stay. Spartanburg County has no STR zoning, and South Carolina sets no owner-on-site mandate. Whole-home, unhosted rentals are allowed where the underlying zoning permits STRs.
Spartanburg County does not regulate short-term rentals through zoning, so it imposes no host-presence or owner-on-site requirement. South Carolina has no statewide rule mandating that a host live on-site during rentals. State tax law does reference owner-occupied lodging for a small accommodations-tax exemption (fewer than six rooms in the owner's abode), but that is a tax provision, not a presence mandate. Inside the City of Spartanburg, unhosted whole-home STRs are permitted only in commercial, downtown, and mixed-use districts, not residential neighborhoods.
There is no host-presence violation; the operative city restriction is zoning-based—running an STR in a prohibited residential zone draws city zoning 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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