Backyard chicken laws in South Carolina
1 of the 19 South Carolina cities we’ve verified allow backyard chickens outright; the rest allow them conditionally by zone or lot size. Select your city for hen limits, permits, setbacks, and the official code.
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All South Carolina cities
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Aiken◐ ConditionalAnderson◐ Conditional · 4 hensCharleston◐ ConditionalColumbia◐ Conditional · 4 hensEasley◐ ConditionalFlorence◐ Conditional · 6 hensGoose Creek◐ Conditional · 4 hensGreenville◐ ConditionalGreenwood◐ Conditional · 6 hensGreer◐ Conditional · 6 hensHilton Head Island✓ AllowedMauldin◐ Conditional · 5 hensMount Pleasant◐ ConditionalNorth Augusta◐ ConditionalNorth Charleston◐ ConditionalSimpsonville◐ ConditionalSpartanburg◐ Conditional · 6 hensSummerville◐ Conditional · 8 hensSumter◐ Conditional · 12 hens
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