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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 19 - County Road Taxes And Assessments › Section 57-19-320. Auditor shall levy assessment upon completion of roads.

The auditor of the county shall levy such assessment upon the abutting property owners upon the completion of the roads.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-872; 1966 (54) 2065.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 19 - County Road Taxes And Assessments › Section 57-19-330. Payment at time of assessment to avoid payment of interest.

A property owner may at the time the assessment is made pay his proportionate share and thereby avoid the payment of interest.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-873; 1966 (54) 2065.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-10. Paving districts may be established in certain counties.

In all counties in this State containing a city having a population of more than seventy thousand according to the most recent official United States census paving districts may be created and established in the manner, for the purposes and with the powers and duties provided in this chapter.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1351; 1952 Code Section 33-1351; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-30. Terms of commissioners; officers; vacancies.

The terms of office of the commissioners so appointed shall be three years, two years and one year, respectively, from the date of their appointment and until their successors, who shall be appointed in like manner, shall have been appointed and qualified. They shall elect one of their number as chairman and one as secretary. In the event of a vacancy in the commission by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner of the original appointment.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1353; 1952 Code Section 33-1353; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-40. Name of district and commission.

Each district shall be known as the "__________ Paving District of __________ County," the words "Paving District of" to be preceded by a suitable proper name selected by the governing body of the county and to be followed by the name of the county in which the proposed paving district is located. And the commission shall likewise be designated by the same name with the word "Commission" inserted between the words "District" and "of."
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1354; 1952 Code Section 33-1354; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-50. Order for election on tax levy to pay for paving.

Within ninety days after the creation of any such paving district the governing body of the county shall cause an election to be held in such district at which shall be submitted to the qualified electors in the district the question whether the county auditor shall levy and the county treasurer shall collect an annual levy of taxes within the district, the number of mills thereof to be determined by the county auditor and stated in the resolution of the governing body of the county ordering the election, to raise a special fund sufficient over a period of years, not in excess of twenty years, to repay the cost of paving the streets and roadways in the district, but not less than the amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, any county bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter to finance such paving.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1355; 1952 Code Section 33-1355; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-60. Time and notice of election.

The election shall be held on such date within ninety days from the creation of the paving district and at such place or places within the district as may be designated by the governing body of the county, and notice of the election shall be given by posting notice thereof in three public places in the district at least ten days before the election and by publishing such notice one time at least ten days before the election in a newspaper published in the county in which the district is located. The notice shall state the time, place or places and purpose of the election and the amount of and purpose for which such annual levy of taxes is to be imposed upon the taxable property in the district.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1356; 1952 Section 33-1356; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-70. Managers of elections; formalities of voting.

The governing body of the county shall cause to be provided a box or boxes and appoint managers for such election, the polls to open at eight A. M. and close at six P. M. The form of the ballots shall have written or printed thereon the words "For Paving Levy-Against Paving Levy." Those voting in favor of the annual levy of taxes shall scratch the words "Against Paving Levy," and those voting against the annual levy of taxes shall scratch the words "For Paving Levy."
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1357; 1952 Code Section 33-1357; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-80. Declaration of result of election; contest.

On closing the polls the managers shall count the ballots and shall make returns of the results of the election with the original ballots cast and the tally sheets to the governing body of the county who shall declare the results of the election. The validity of the election and correctness of the determination of the results thereof by the governing body of the county shall not be open to question in any court except in a suit or proceeding commenced within thirty days after the date of the election.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1358; 1952 Code Section 33-1358; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-90. Effect of election.

If it shall be determined by the governing body of the county that a majority of the legal votes cast in the election have been cast in favor of such an annual levy of taxes, the governing body of the county may issue bonds to defray the cost of the paving in the district, as provided in Section 57-21-100 and may direct the imposition of such annual levy of taxes in the district as provided in Section 57-21-140. But if it be determined that a majority of the votes are opposed to such annual levy of taxes, no bonds may be issued under Section 57-21-100 and such annual levy of taxes shall not be imposed.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1359; 1952 Code Section 33-1359; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-100. Issuance of bonds.

Not less than thirty days after an election in which a majority of the legal votes cast shall be in favor of the proposed annual levy of taxes the governing body of the county may issue negotiable coupon bonds of the county in an amount not exceeding the approximate cost of the proposed paving as determined by the governing body of the county as hereinabove provided. Such bonds may be issued either as a single issue or from time to time in separate issues as the governing body of the county may determine to be advisable.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1360; 1952 Code Section 33-1360; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-110. Terms of bonds.

Each issue of bonds herein authorized shall mature at such time or times as the governing body of the county may determine, but in any event not more than twenty years from the date of issuance, shall bear such date and rate or rates of interest, shall be in such denominations and shall be payable annually or semiannually, in such manner and at such place or places, as the governing body of the county may provide in the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of the same.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1361; 1952 Code Section 33-1361; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-120. Execution of bonds; designation.

The bonds shall be executed in the name of the county in which the paving district is located by the chairman or the vice-chairman of the governing body of the county and by the treasurer of the county, and the official seal of the county shall be fixed to and impressed upon each of the bonds. The coupons attached to the bonds need not be authenticated otherwise than by the facsimile signature of the county treasurer. The bonds shall be designated as county paving bonds.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1362; 1952 Code Section 33-1362; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-130. Sale of bonds.

The bonds shall be sold by the governing body of the county at not less than par and accrued interest on sealed proposals after a publication of notice of sale one or more times in a newspaper designated by the governing body. The governing body shall reserve the right to reject all bids. In the event that all bids be rejected, it shall have the right to sell the bonds at private sale if a price in excess of the highest bid received in pursuance of the call for bids is obtainable or, in its discretion, to readvertise for sealed bids.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1363; 1952 Code Section 33-1363; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-140. Levy of tax.

Upon the issuance by the governing body of the county of bonds under this chapter such governing body shall forthwith direct the county auditor in writing to impose annually thereafter in the district the number of mills of the annual levy of taxes voted on in the election held under Section 57-21-50, and the county auditor, pursuant to such written direction, shall annually thereafter levy such number of mills on the dollar on all taxable property in the district until such levy shall have produced an amount equal to the amount required to retire the interest and principal of the bonds, the proceeds of which levy shall be placed by the county treasurer, when collected, in a special fund and used as herein provided.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1364; 1952 Code Section 33-1364; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-150. Pledge of full faith, credit, and taxing power of county; increase in levy.

For the payment of the bonds, both principal and interest, as they may mature, there shall be pledged the full faith, credit and taxing power of the county issuing the same, and, until the principal and interest of any bonds issued under this chapter shall be fully paid, if the levy provided for by Section 57-21-140 shall be insufficient for the purpose, there shall be levied annually by the county auditor on all taxable property in the paving district and collected by the county treasurer thereof an additional sum sufficient to provide the amount necessary to pay such interest as it becomes due and to provide a sinking fund to pay such principal at the date or dates of maturity thereof, after the application to such purpose by the county treasurer of any moneys in said special fund. Such annual tax shall be levied and collected by the same officers and in the same manner as is now provided by law for the levy and collection of taxes for county purposes in the county. The money so collected shall be applied by and under the direction of the county treasurer to the payment of the principal and interest aforesaid, as they respectively become due, and pending such application such money shall be deposited or invested by or under the direction of the county treasurer.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1365; 1952 Code Section 33-1365; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-160. Payment of bonds.

The bonds issued hereunder to finance the paving in a paving district created pursuant to this chapter shall be paid by the county treasurer, both interest and principal, from the special fund made up of the proceeds of the annual levy of taxes in such district.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1366; 1952 Code Section 33-1366; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-170. Payment of proceeds of bond issue.

The proceeds of the sale of bonds as provided by this chapter shall be kept by the county treasurer as a separate fund and shall be paid out only under orders and warrants of the governing body of the county for the purposes specified in this chapter.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1367; 1952 Code Section 33-1367; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-180. Use of proceeds of bond issue.

The proceeds of the bonds shall be used by the governing body of the county, upon the request and recommendation of the paving district commission, for procuring, purchasing and leasing all necessary equipment, for purchasing any necessary materials or supplies, for grading, improving, draining, treating and paving unpaved roads and streets in the paving district and for any other expenses legitimately connected with organizing and operating the paving district.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1368; 1952 Code Section 33-1368; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-190. Powers of county governing body.

After the issuance of bonds to finance paving in any paving district created under this chapter and from the proceeds thereof, the governing body of the county, upon the request and recommendation of the paving district commission, may:
(1) Procure by purchase, lease, loan or otherwise any necessary equipment and acquire by purchase or otherwise any necessary materials and supplies to grade, improve, drain and pave, with such materials and in such manner as in its discretion is for the best interest of the district, having due regard to the use reasonably to be expected, any and all unpaved streets and roads in such district;
(2) Purchase, lease, hold and sell such real estate and easements as it may deem necessary;
(3) Accept gifts and grants and make such contracts in relation to the same as may be proper and necessary;
(4) Make any and all contracts that it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter;
(5) Employ such engineering, office and clerical help and other employees as it may deem necessary and fix the compensation of such employees;
(6) Enter into contracts, arrangements or agreements with the sanitary and drainage commission of such county or such other public or quasi-public bodies, authorities, commissions or officers, one, more or all, for the maintenance and upkeep of such streets and roads and for the carrying out of any of the purposes of this chapter or the performance of any of the matters and things herein authorized and give such sanitary and drainage commission of such county or such other public or quasi-public bodies, authorities, commissions or officers, one, more or all, such authority in the paving district to work any of the streets in the same as may be necessary to enable such work to be done; and
(7) In general do all things necessary and proper for the purpose of providing for the paving, grading, improving or treatment of any or all of the streets and roads in the paving district as may in its judgment be to the best interest of the paving district.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1369; 1952 Code Section 33-1369; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-200. Eminent Domain.

The governing body of the county may, in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, condemn land, rights-of-way, and easements, whether they are owned by private corporations or individuals.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1370; 1952 Code Section 33-1370; 1942 (42) 1693; 1987 Act No. 173 Section 40.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-210. Advertisement and award of contracts.

The governing body of the county shall advertise for bids for at least thirty days in one or more newspapers published in the county in which the paving district is located for all work to be done and the material to be used in constructing, grading, treating and paving any streets or roadways in the paving district and for equipment to be used in connection therewith, with the right reserved to reject any and all bids, and shall enter into contracts with the lowest responsible bidder therefor and secure competent persons, if deemed advisable, to superintend the work and to counsel and advise in all matters relating thereto.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-1371; 1952 Code Section 33-1371; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 21 - Paving Districts In Counties With City Of Over 70,000 › Section 57-21-220. Records of county governing body.

The governing body of the county shall keep a separate permanent record as to each such paving district of its proceedings, contracts and other matters done and performed by it, including an accurate plan of the work done and all moneys and funds received and disbursed by it. Each such separate permanent record shall be open at all times to the inspection of any resident or freeholder of the paving district.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 13-1372; 1952 Code Section 33-1372; 1942 (42) 1693.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-10. Marking of beautified section of public road or highway.

Whenever the lands adjoining any hard-surfaced public road or highway in this State shall be beautified by the planting or maintaining of flowers or ornamental trees or shrubs on the lands adjoining it by any agreement of the landowners adjoining such road or by their permission, such stretch of road shall be marked at either end by the road authorities of the county or counties wherein it lies by some suitable sign showing that the stretch of road between such signs has been beautified.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-561; 1952 Code Section 33-561; 1949 (46) 466; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-20. Unlawful to injure plants, shrubs or trees along beautified section.

When any stretch of road shall have been so designated and marked by the road authorities of any county or counties it shall be unlawful for any person to dig, pull up, gather, remove, cut, maim, break or injure in any way, including any injury done by fires intentionally set, any wild, cultivated or ornamental plants, shrubs and trees situated on or along any such marked stretch of public road or highway or any public or privately owned land lying along such road. But the provisions of this section shall not apply where the acts hereby prohibited are done by or under the instructions of the proper authorities lawfully in charge of such public roads, highways or lands or by or with the permission of the owner of any privately owned lands.
Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of any person interested to recover damages in a suit, action or proceeding for the commission of any of the acts and deeds hereby prohibited.
Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-563; 1952 Code Section 33-563; 1949 (46) 466; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-50. Scenic Highways Committee created; membership; terms of office.

There is created a Scenic Highways Committee composed of eleven members as follows:
(1) the secretary of the Department of Transportation or the secretary's designee;
(2) the chairman of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Commission or the chairman's designee;
(3) two representatives of the outdoor advertising industry who are active members of an organization such as the Outdoor Advertising Association of South Carolina;
(4) a representative of the South Carolina hotel and motel industry;
(5) a representative of the agricultural industry who is active in an organization such as the State Farm Bureau;
(6) a representative of the petroleum marketing industry;
(7) a representative of the tourism industry in South Carolina;
(8) a representative of highway beautification efforts, such as South Carolina Clean and Beautiful;
(9) a representative involved with parks and recreation, such as the South Carolina Recreation and Parks Association;
(10) a member of the general public.
All members of the committee shall serve for a term of two years and, with the exception of the appointments made pursuant to items (1) and (2), all appointments must be made by the Governor. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation or reimbursement.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 484, Section 1, eff July 14, 1994; 1996 Act No. 285, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 273, Section 14, eff June 4, 2008.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-60. Chairman; quorum; promulgation of criteria regulations.

The committee shall select a chairman at its first meeting and meet at least twice annually. A majority of the members present constitute a quorum for purposes of conducting business. Pursuant to Chapter 23 of Title 1 of the 1976 Code, the committee shall promulgate criteria for the designation of a scenic highway. The regulation must provide that a recommendation to establish a scenic highway be forwarded to the General Assembly for approval. In developing the criteria the committee shall consider the scenic, cultural, historic, commercial, and economic significance of the road and area. The committee shall coordinate development of these criteria in conjunction with the criteria for scenic highways being developed by the federal highway administration.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 484, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-70. Requests for scenic highway designation; review by committee; hearing.

A written request for designating a scenic highway must be sent to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation who shall forward the request to other members of the committee. The committee shall review the request and make a recommendation based on the criteria. A majority of the members may call for a public hearing to be held at the location where the scenic highway is proposed.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 484, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-110. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway designated.

State Highway No. 11 is hereby designated as the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway; provided, that the portion of State Highway No. 11 in Pickens and Oconee Counties shall continue to be known as the Andrew Pickens Scenic Parkway.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-595.41; 1971 (57) 55; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-120. Markers.

In order to carry out the provisions of this article, the Department of Transportation shall provide for appropriate markers designating the highway as the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, and the State Forestry Commission, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, and all other state agencies or governmental entities shall cooperate with the Department of Transportation.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-595.42; 1971 (57) 55; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-140. Old Sheldon Church Road Scenic Byway designated; markers; advertising signs.

(A) The portion of Old Sheldon Church Road in Beaufort County from the intersection of South Carolina Highway 21 and United States Highway 21/17 to the intersection of Le Creuset Road and South Carolina Highway 21 is hereby designated as a South Carolina Scenic Byway. Old Sheldon Church Road Scenic Byway is subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee.
(B) The department shall install appropriate markers or signs to implement this designation. All off-premises outdoor advertisement is prohibited on the portion of the Old Sheldon Church Road designated as a scenic byway.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 47, Section 1, eff May 3, 2005.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-210. Bohicket Road designated scenic highway.

Bohicket Road on John's Island in Charleston County is hereby designated a scenic highway. The Department of Transportation, the Department of Archives and History and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall cooperate in the installation of appropriate markers and signs to implement the designation herein provided for.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-595.51; 1974 (58) 2714; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-220. Application of Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971.

Bohicket Road, designated a scenic highway in this article, shall be subject to the provisions of the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-595.52; 1974 (58) 2714; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-230. Ashley River Road Scenic Byway designated.

(A) That portion of South Carolina Highway 61, beginning at Church Creek Bridge and extending for a distance of ten miles north of the bridge, is hereby designated a South Carolina Scenic Byway. Ashley River Road Scenic Byway shall be subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee for Scenic Byways pursuant to Sections 57-3-110 and 57-23-60.
(B) The department shall install appropriate markers and signs to implement this designation. All off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on that portion of South Carolina Highway 61 designated as a scenic byway.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 415, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-300. Hilton Head Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.

The I-95, U.S. Route 278 connector route beginning at the intersection of I-95 and Secondary Road 88 in Jasper County and extending easterly to S.C. Route 278 in Beaufort County is designated a scenic highway to be known as the Hilton Head Scenic Highway. The Department of Transportation, the Department of Archives and History, and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall cooperate in the installation of appropriate markers and signs to implement the above designation.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 580; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-350. Designation of Highway 174 as scenic highway.

South Carolina Highway 174 south of the Dawhoo Bridge in Charleston County is declared a scenic highway. The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers and signs to implement this designation.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 594; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-360. Highway 174 subject to highway advertising control act.

That portion of South Carolina Highway 174 designated a scenic highway by this article is subject to the provisions of the Highway Advertising Control Act.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 594; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-400. Long Point Road Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.

Long Point Road in Charleston County from Whipple Road to U.S. 17 North is designated a scenic highway to be known as the Long Point Road Scenic Highway. The Department of Transportation, the Department of Archives and History, and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall cooperate in the installation of appropriate markers and signs to implement the above designation.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 617, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-410. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited.

Any new off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Long Point Road Scenic Highway after the effective date of this article.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 617, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-420. Removal of certain trees prohibited.

No trees in excess of a six-inch caliper located within the highway right-of-way of this scenic highway may be removed without the permission of the Department of Transportation upon the recommendation of the governing council of the Town of Mount Pleasant.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 617, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-500. Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.

Mathis Ferry Road in Charleston County from Whipple Road to 7th Street in the Town of Mount Pleasant is designated a scenic highway to be known as the Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway. The Department of Transportation, the Department of Archives and History, and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall cooperate in the installation of appropriate markers and signs to implement the above designation.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 617, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-510. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited.

Any new off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway after the effective date of this article.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 617, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-520. Removal of certain trees prohibited.

No trees in excess of a six-inch caliper located within the highway right-of-way of this scenic highway may be removed without the permission of the Department of Transportation upon the recommendation of the governing council of the Town of Mount Pleasant.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 617, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-600. Riverland Drive Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.

Riverland Drive in Charleston County is designated a scenic highway to be known as the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway. The Department of Transportation, the Department of Archives and History, and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall cooperate in the installation of appropriate markers and signs to implement the above designation.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 617, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-610. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited.

Any new off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Riverland Drive Scenic Highway after the effective date of this article.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 617, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-620. Removal of certain trees prohibited.

No trees in excess of a six-inch caliper located within the highway right-of-way of this scenic highway may be removed without the permission of the Department of Transportation upon the recommendation of the governing council of the County of Charleston.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 617, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-700. Ft. Johnson Road Scenic Highway designated; installation of markers and signs.

Ft. Johnson Road in Charleston County is designated a scenic highway to be known as the Ft. Johnson Road Scenic Highway. The Department of Transportation, the Department of Archives and History, and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism shall cooperate in the installation of appropriate markers and signs to implement the above designation.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 617, Section 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-710. New off-premises outdoor advertising prohibited.

Any new off-premises outdoor advertising is prohibited on the Ft. Johnson Road Scenic Highway after the effective date of this article.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 617, Section 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-720. Removal of certain trees prohibited.

No trees in excess of a six-inch caliper located within the highway right-of-way of this scenic highway may be removed without the permission of the Department of Transportation upon the recommendation of the governing council of the County of Charleston.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 617, Section 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1529.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-800. Vegetation management of medians, roadsides, and interchanges along interstates.

(A) The Department of Transportation shall conduct vegetation management of the medians, roadsides, and interchanges along the interstate highway system in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) a median of not more than eighty feet in width shall have its mowable area mowed in its entirety. A median wider than eighty feet only shall be mowed within forty feet from the edges of the pavement.
(2) a roadside shall be mowed thirty feet from the edge of the pavement. If fill slopes or back slopes are steep, one swath of the mower or not less than five feet shall be mowed on these slopes.
(3) an interchange shall be mowed in the same manner as a roadside, provided that the distance from the pavement required to be mowed may be increased to address any safety concerns involved.
(B) The mowing widths provided in subsection (A) may be increased when necessary to provide adequate visibility for signs erected by the department, when the department determines that increasing the widths is in the public interest, or upon request of the governing body of a county or municipality.
(C) The vegetation management activities conducted by the department shall not interfere in any way with the visibility of any outdoor advertising sign.
(D) If the Department of Natural Resources makes an assessment and written determination that vegetation management pursuant to this section causes an increase in safety risks because of the attraction of wildlife to a specific area along the highway, then the department may increase the distance from the pavement required to be mowed.
(E) Upon the written approval of the Department of Transportation, a county or municipality, at its own expense, may itself conduct vegetation management activities beyond vegetation management widths provided in subsection (A) if the department declines to conduct vegetation management in those areas.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 17, Section 5; 2012 Act No. 136, Section 1, eff April 2, 2012; 2012 Act No. 144, Section 1, eff April 2, 2012.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-845. Mowing roadside vegetation; Richland County.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 57-23-800, or any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation may mow and maintain roadside vegetation beyond thirty feet from the pavement adjacent to:
(1) Interstate Highway 126 in Richland County;
(2) Interstate Highway 26 from mile marker 91 to mile marker 120 including exits 91, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 113, 115, 116, and 119;
(3) Interstate Highway 20 from mile marker 50 to mile marker 66 including exits 51, 55, 58, 61, and 63; and
(4) Interstate Highway 77 from mile marker 0 to mile marker 3 including exits 1 and 2.
HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 23, Section 1, eff May 9, 2011.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-900. Western York County Scenic Byway.

(A) That portion of South Carolina Highway 161 from Kings Mountain National Military Park near the Bethany community to South Carolina Highway 49 in the City of York, that portion of South Carolina Highway 49 between Kings Mountain Street and Liberty Street in the City of York, that portion of South Carolina Highway 5 from Congress Street to South Carolina Highway 324 in the City of York, that portion of South Carolina Highway 324 from South Carolina Highway 5 to S-46-347, that portion of S-46-347 from South Carolina Highway 324 to South Carolina Highway 322, that portion of South Carolina Highway 322 from South Carolina Highway 347 through the Town of McConnells to South Carolina Highway 49 in the Bullock Creek community, including approximately one and eight-tenths mile of a side road known as Brattonsville Road, that portion of South Carolina Highway 49 from South Carolina Highway 322 in the Bullock Creek community to South Carolina Highway 211 in the Town of Sharon, including approximately one-fourth mile of a side road known as York Street, that portion of South Carolina Highway 211 from South Carolina Highway 49 to South Carolina Highway 97 in the Town of Hickory Grove, and that portion of South Carolina Highway 97 from South Carolina Highway 211 to North Main Street in the Town of Smyrna, all being one contiguous route of approximately fifty-seven miles, is designated as the Western York County Scenic Byway. It is subject to the regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee.
(B) The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers or signs to implement this designation.
HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 51, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 3, 2009).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-1000. Falling Waters Scenic Byway.

(A) That portion of South Carolina Highway 107 beginning at the United States Forest Service property line south of Dodge Mountain, approximately five miles north of its intersection with South Carolina Highway 28, continuing in a northerly direction to the North Carolina State line, that portion of S-37-413 beginning at its intersection with South Carolina Highway 107 continuing in a northeasterly direction to South Carolina Highway 130, and South Carolina Highway 130 from its intersection with S-37-413 continuing in a northeasterly direction to the North Carolina State line, all being connected routes totaling approximately thirteen miles, are designated as the Falling Waters Scenic Byway. Certain parts of this route previously designated as the Oscar Wigington United States Forest Service Scenic Byway, may maintain dual designation as a state scenic highway and a United States Forest Service Scenic Byway. The Falling Waters Scenic Byway is subject to the regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee.
(B) The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers or signs to implement this designation.
HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 145, Section 1, eff March 31, 2010.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-1100. Scenic byways.

(A) South Carolina Highway 170 from the South side of the Broad River to its intersection with South Carolina Highway 462 is designated as a state scenic highway.
(B) United States Highway 278 from its intersection with South Carolina Highway 170 to State Road S-80 at Sea Pines Circle on Hilton Head Island is designated as Hilton Head Island Scenic Byway.
(C) South Carolina Highway 46 from its intersection with the Jasper/Beaufort County line to its intersection with State Road S-66 in the Town of Bluffton, State Road S-66 from its intersection with South Carolina Highway 46 to its intersection with State Road S-13, and State Road S-13 from its intersection with State Road S-66 to Brighton Beach on the May River, all totaling approximately eleven miles, are designated as the May River Scenic Byway.
(D) The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers or signs to implement these designations.
HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 116, Section 1, eff February 1, 2012.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes › Section 57-23-1150. Plantersville Scenic Byway.

(A) That portion of Choppee Road (S-22-4) beginning at United States Highway 701 and continuing in a southeasterly direction for approximately 2.2 miles to Plantersville Road (S-22-52) thence, along that portion of Plantersville Road continuing in a northeasterly direction for approximately ten miles, ending at United States Highway 701 is designated as Plantersville Scenic Byway. The Plantersville Scenic Byway is subject to the regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee.
(B) The Department of Transportation shall install markers or signs to implement this designation.
HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 171, Section 1, eff May 14, 2012.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 57-25-10. Unlawful to display, place, or affix posters within right-of-way.

It is unlawful for a person to display, place, or affix a sign, as defined in Section 57-25-120(3), within a right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of the highway. A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-551; 1973 (58) 247; 1990 Act No. 519, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 57-25-15. Highway signs.

The prohibition of Section 57-25-10 does not extend to a welcome sign or other sign providing directions to a public facility or event erected by the governing body of a county, municipality or organized church if the sign presents no traffic hazard. If the sign is placed on a highway right-of-way, it must meet the approval of the department for size, location, and supports.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 431, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 57-25-20. Obscene or indecent billboards prohibited.

(A) No billboard shall be erected or displayed containing obscene or indecent words, photographs, or depictions.
(B) Obscene words, photographs, or depictions must be defined and interpreted as provided in Section 16-15-305(B), (C), (D), and (E).
(C) A billboard is indecent when:
(1) taken as a whole, it describes, in a patently offensive way, as determined by contemporary community standards, sexual acts, excretory functions, or parts of the human body; and
(2) taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 519, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries › Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising › Section 57-25-30. Erection of bus shelters; location; permit requirement; fee.

(A) Bus shelters, including those on which commercial advertisements are placed, may be erected and maintained within the rights-of-way of public roads by the State. A bus shelter located within the right-of-way of a state road shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Department of Transportation, Title 23 of the United States Code, and Title 23 of the Code of Federal Regulations. A bus shelter located within the right-of-way of a road other than a state road shall comply with all applicable requirements of the municipality or county within whose jurisdiction it is located.
(B) A person erecting a bus shelter shall obtain a permit for each shelter location from the Department of Transportation. The permit shall cost twenty-five dollars. Permit fees must be placed in the department's trust fund and used for public transportation purposes.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 93.