Parking Rules in South Carolina (2026)

In Aiken County's RC, RM, RD and OR residential districts, Sec. 24-4.10 allows only one recreational vehicle or boat…

Anderson County zoning caps residential lots to one travel or camping trailer per family and bars anyone from living in…

Berkeley County lets homeowners store a licensed RV or boat trailer on a residential lot in the unincorporated county…

In unincorporated Charleston County, an RV, boat, camper, or trailer may be parked on your own residential lot, but a…

Columbia bans parking any RV, camper, boat, trailer, or jet ski outside a defined parking space in the front yard of a…

Inside Dorchester County's mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas, a recreational vehicle parked on a lot has to either move…

Florence County Code § 30-228 restricts recreational vehicles and boats over 17 feet from sitting in a required front…

In the unincorporated county, the Zoning Ordinance limits residential lots to one travel or camping trailer, which may…

Horry County has no blanket ban on keeping an operable, licensed RV, boat or trailer on your own private lot in the…

In unincorporated Lexington County, RVs, boats, and trailers on a residential lot can only be repetitively parked in…

Recreational vehicles and boats can sit in North Charleston yards only as an accessory to the lot's primary use and…

Pageland bars RVs and boats over 17 feet from residential front yards, side setbacks, and the rear five feet of a lot…

In unincorporated Richland County, only one travel or camping vehicle per family may be parked on a residentially zoned…

Rock Hill's Zoning Ordinance allows residents to park boats, campers, RVs, and other recreational equipment in every…

In York County's agricultural, residential and urban development districts, an RV, boat or other recreational vehicle…

Residential driveways in Aiken County must be at least 12 feet wide and serve no more than two parcels under Sec…

Beaufort County requires residential driveways to be at least 10 feet wide and surfaced with materials approved by the…

Charleston requires new surface parking lots and driveways to be paved with a durable, hard-surfaced material, but…

Columbia's Unified Development Ordinance caps vehicle parking in the front yard of a residential lot at 40 percent of…

Dorchester County's zoning ordinance splits driveways and small parking areas into paved and unpaved tracks by…

Myrtle Beach prohibits stopping, standing or parking in front of any public or private driveway, or so near it that you…

Richland County restricts inoperable vehicles in yards: any motor vehicle or trailer that cannot move under its own…

Rock Hill requires front-yard and corner-yard vehicle parking on single-family lots to sit in a garage, carport…

The City of Spartanburg requires commercial parking lots and similar lots to be paved with a dustproof, waterproof hard…

In the Lake Wylie Overlay (LW-O) district, new single-family detached homes in a major subdivision built after January…

Pageland bans commercial vehicles over 3.5 tons, tractor trailers, and buses seating 16 or more from residential…

In Aiken County's RC, RM, RD, and OR residential districts, Sec. 24-4.11 caps homeowners at one licensed commercial…

Beaufort County bans parking or storing heavy trucks over 20,000 GVW and trailers on residential lots countywide…

Columbia bans storing commercial vehicles, recreational vehicles, or trailers of any size on city streets. 'Storage'…

Dorchester County bans parking a commercial vehicle, defined as anything over 10,000 pounds tare weight, with more than…

Florence County Code § 30-229 limits commercial, industrial and construction vehicles parked in the R-1, R-2 and R-3…

Lexington County splits commercial-type vehicles into four tiers when parked at a residence, from pickups allowed with…

York County limits heavy trucks in its agricultural, residential and urban development districts: farm trucks and…

Anderson County's zoning ordinance limits residential lots outside the R-A district to one commercial vehicle per…

Berkeley County bans parking heavy trucks and tractor-trailers on small residential lots: any truck over a two-ton load…

Charleston bars parking a truck or other vehicle over 20 feet long on any street for more than one hour, citywide…

On Charleston County-area streets, a vehicle more than 20 feet long generally cannot stop, stand, or park in one spot…

The county Zoning Ordinance limits oversized commercial rigs on residential lots to FHWA Classes 1, 2, 3, and 5 (heavy…

Myrtle Beach only allows a vehicle to sit on a street when parking is incidental to its actual use; storing dealer…

Trucks and tractor-trailers over two-ton capacity may not be parked or left unattended on any street in North…

In unincorporated Richland County, truck tractors, semi-trailers and trailers may not be parked on public streets in…

Rock Hill's Zoning Ordinance requires single-family attached and multi-family developments to keep box trucks…

Simpsonville's code sets no specific residential ban on parking commercial vehicles or semi-trucks. General street…

Spartanburg County prohibits placing any oversized load or vehicle on public roads in the unincorporated county if it…

Aiken County controls on-street parking through signage: wherever a sign declares parking, stopping, or standing…

In unincorporated Beaufort County, you cannot park where a posted "no parking" sign or marker is in place, including…

Charleston bars stopping, standing or parking anywhere except to avoid a traffic conflict, follow a police officer's…

Charleston County council can designate any portion of a county highway as a no-parking zone and post signs marking it…

Columbia requires every vehicle parked on a street to sit parallel to the curb, headed the same direction as traffic…

Parking on public roads in Dorchester County follows the state traffic code. S.C. Code 56-5-2530 bars stopping or…

In Myrtle Beach, a vehicle parked at a curb must sit within 18 inches of the right-hand curb, facing the direction of…

Pageland's town code prohibits stopping, standing or parking on any street or alley in a way that leaves less than ten…

Richland County restricts what can be parked on public streets in residential zones: truck tractors, semi-trailers and…

Rock Hill bans parking on sidewalks, in front of driveways, within intersections or crosswalks, within 15 feet of a…

You may not stop, stand, or park on a Simpsonville street in a way that obstructs the traveled roadway, and within an…

In the City of Spartanburg you may not park on a street in a way that leaves less than ten feet of roadway open for…

Parking on public roads in York County follows the state traffic code. S.C. Code 56-5-2530 bars stopping or parking on…

City Code § 19-238 makes it unlawful to camp, sleep, lodge, or take up residence in a camper, van, bus, or other motor…

Short-term rental guests in unincorporated Lexington County cannot park on the street overnight under Zoning Ordinance…

Columbia doesn't set one blanket overnight parking ban; instead it lets the city post hour- and day-specific no-parking…

Myrtle Beach flatly bans camping, sleeping or living in any camper, van, bus or motor vehicle on public streets, and…

Rock Hill bans parking RVs, boats, trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers, and any vehicle with more than four wheels on…

The City of Spartanburg bars trucks over three-quarters ton from parking on any city street between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00…

Columbia charges by the kilowatt-hour for electric vehicle charging in its city-owned parking decks and lots under Sec…

In Charleston's Upper Peninsula District, parking spaces designated as electric vehicle charging stations count toward…

York County's zoning code lets any off-street parking lot in the unincorporated county add electric vehicle charging…

North Charleston's zoning appendix clears two common hurdles for EV charging equipment. Section 4-7(6) exempts EV…

Lexington County bans letting abandoned motor vehicles pile up on your land and can enter the property, remove them…

Pageland bans leaving a derelict, wrecked or inoperative vehicle on a public street for more than 48 hours, or on…

Aiken County treats a partially dismantled, wrecked, junked, or non-operating vehicle left on a property for more than…

Anderson County treats an unlicensed car left sitting more than 90 days as a "junk automobile" under its Junkyard and…

Beaufort County bans keeping a junked, wrecked or abandoned vehicle visible from any public or private street or from…

Berkeley County's public officer can declare a vehicle a nuisance under County Code § 23.4.1 when it meets the state's…

Charleston treats a vehicle as abandoned if it's unregistered and disabled, sits on private property without consent…

A vehicle left unattended more than 48 hours on a Charleston County highway, or over seven days on private property…

Columbia declares an unregistered, inoperable, derelict, or abandoned motor vehicle on any road, right-of-way, or…

It is unlawful under Code § 14-1 to abandon a vehicle on any public street, public grounds, or private property exposed…

Unincorporated Florence County bans letting inoperable or unlicensed vehicles, along with junk and old furniture…

On public rights-of-way, a vehicle left over 48 hours is abandoned and may be seized (County Code Sec. 9-142). On…

Horry County's Junk, Debris and Common Nuisance Ordinance makes it unlawful to leave an inoperable vehicle, one sitting…

In unincorporated Lancaster County, an abandoned or derelict motor vehicle cannot sit on a public street or…

A truck, car, trailer or boat that fails state or federal safety rules, cannot move under its own power, or sits…

In unincorporated Pickens County, an unlicensed vehicle not moved or repaired for over 90 days counts as junked or…

Rock Hill's Zoning Ordinance does not ban a junked car in a driveway outright, but if a resident is restoring a vehicle…

In Simpsonville, any unregistered, inoperable, derelict, or abandoned motor vehicle left on public or private property…

In the City of Spartanburg, an abandoned, wrecked, or illegally parked vehicle may be towed by an approved wrecker…

Storing an abandoned, junk or inoperable vehicle or motorboat outdoors on any property in unincorporated York County is…

A curb painted yellow in Charleston functions as a standing no-stopping, no-standing and no-parking zone under Sec…

In Myrtle Beach, parking alongside any curb painted yellow is prohibited, and no vehicle may park where official signs…

Curb and pavement markings that control parking are official traffic-control devices placed only by the City of…

Aiken County requires an off-street loading area for nonresidential and multifamily development along its Highway…

Anderson County requires every use in the unincorporated area to provide off-street loading space adequate for its own…

Beaufort County limits stops in a marked "loading zone" to the actual loading or unloading of materials or passengers…

City Code § 19-242 limits commercial vehicles to thirty minutes when loading or unloading materials in a marked…

Charleston County fines vehicles $20.00 for parking in a designated loading zone on county-owned or county-leased…

Loading zones in Columbia are timed to the minute: a passenger zone allows only a three-minute stop for loading or…

Dorchester County requires businesses, industrial uses and larger multi-family or manufactured housing developments to…

In unincorporated Florence County, every commercial or industrial use must provide off-street loading space adequate…

In Myrtle Beach, a designated loading zone may be used only for the expeditious unloading, delivery, pickup or loading…

The City of North Charleston requires every use to provide sufficient off-street loading space on the same lot it…

Pageland's town code caps use of marked loading zones at 30 minutes. Section 32-95 reserves these curb spaces for the…

Rock Hill's Zoning Ordinance requires off-street loading berths sized at least 10 feet wide by 50 feet long with 15…

In a Simpsonville passenger loading zone you may only stop to load or unload passengers, and no longer than three…

In the City of Spartanburg it is unlawful to park in a marked loading zone between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day…

New buildings in York County that house retail, industrial, hotel, medical or most other commercial uses must provide…

City Council may designate a residential area as a permit parking district under §§ 19-266 through 19-280 when…

Columbia's city council can designate residential permit parking districts after a traffic survey and public hearing…

Horry County's zoning ordinance names one formal parking district: the Garden City Parking District, carved out of the…

South Carolina caps no towing charge. There is no statutory or regulatory ceiling on a hookup fee, mileage rate or…

North Charleston caps what a private tow company may charge to give your car back. Under Sec. 10.5-1113 a Class A tow…