Where You May Not Park
S.C. Code 56-5-2530 — fifteen feet from a hydrant, twenty from a crosswalk, thirty from a stop sign
- On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the curb.
- On a sidewalk, within an intersection, or on a crosswalk.
- On a bridge or in a highway tunnel, on railroad tracks, on a controlled access highway, or between the roadways of a divided highway.
- Where official traffic control devices prohibit stopping.
Those are places a vehicle may not stop, stand or park, except to avoid other traffic or as the law, an officer or a device directs.
- In front of a public or private driveway.
- Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant.
- Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
- Within thirty feet of a flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic signal at the side of the road.
- Within twenty feet of a fire station driveway, or across the street within seventy-five feet of its entrance when signposted.
Those are places a vehicle may not stand or park, occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or drop off passengers. Local ordinances add their own rules. Whether a particular spot was lawful is a question for a licensed South Carolina attorney.
Sources for this section (1)
- S.C. Code 56-5-2530 — Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed South Carolina attorney.