Charleston County does not impose a blanket primary-residence-only rule. A Limited Home Rental must be owner-occupied, but an Extended Home Rental may be owner-occupied or non-owner-occupied. The permit application asks whether the property is owner-occupied.
Article 6.8 splits STRs by owner-occupancy. A Limited Home Rental is defined as a property with an owner-occupied residential dwelling in listed residential/agricultural districts (RM, AG-15, AG-10, AG-8, AGR, RR-3, S-3, R-4, M-8, M-12, MHS), capped at 72 days a year. An Extended Home Rental may be owner-occupied or non owner-occupied, in S-3, R-4, M-8, M-12, or MHS districts, for more than 72 up to 144 days. For AGR/AG-8 Extended rentals, the owner must file an affidavit showing the property is their legal voting address or the address on their driver's license. So investors can operate an Extended Home Rental, but only through the stricter Special Exception path.
Renting an owner-occupied Limited Home Rental while not occupying it violates the permit definition and is enforced under Article 6.8.
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