Horry County, SC Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)

The Horry County Land Development Regulations set a clear handoff point. Sidewalks along access and sub-collector roadways must be installed within one year of the Engineering Department's final inspection approval, and the Engineering Department reinspects the sidewalks at that one-year mark; once approved, the department notifies the Planning Department, which can release the project's financial guarantee. After that inspection window closes, Article 4, Section 2-7 puts the burden squarely on the property owner next door: repair of any subsequent damage to the sidewalk is the responsibility of the adjacent lot owner.

The same section addresses ownership more broadly for cases outside the one-year warranty: for non-required sidewalks built beyond the minimum shown in the county's street tables, a note on the final plat states the HOA or POA maintains them and Horry County has no responsibility for them; for other sidewalks, maintenance duty follows whoever owns the right-of-way the walk sits in, unless a separate maintenance agreement has been negotiated and recorded. Sidewalks on collector or arterial roadways skip the one-year warranty step entirely and must be completed before final inspection, after which the same adjacent-owner repair rule applies.

All sidewalks must meet ADA requirements and a four-foot minimum width, rising to five feet where cars overhang the walk from an abutting curb, so a repair has to replace like-for-like, not just patch the surface.