Operation on flooded or closed streets, roads, highways, bridges or alleys.
Charleston, S.C., City Code § 19-183
in effectSec. 19-183. - Operation on flooded or closed streets, roads, highways, bridges or alleys.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle, power boat or watercraft on any street, road, highway, bridge, or alley which is flooded or inundated with water exceeding six (6) inches within the city either:
(1) In excess of a speed of five (5) miles per hour: or
(2) In such a manner so as to cast or discharge water, waves, or wakes that carry beyond the edge of the street, road, highway, bridge, alley or curbline.
(b) Consistent with S.C. Code § 56-5-950, and subject to the requirements, exceptions and presumptions contained therein, it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to drive around a barricade or operate such vehicle on any street, road, highway, bridge, or alley where barricades are in place indicating that such street, road, highway, bridge or alley is closed to traffic.
(c) Consistent with S.C. Code § 56-5-1030, it is a violation of state law for any person to willfully and without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove a barricade placed or held, and any person who violates this law may be found guilty of a felony and prosecuted in the Court of General Sessions.
(d) The provisions set forth in subsections (a) through (c) shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles as defined in S.C. Code § 56-5-170 while such vehicles are engaged in emergency operations.
(e) Any person who violates sections (a) or (b) of this section shall be subject to a penalty of up to one hundred dollars ($100.00), up to thirty (30) days in jail, or both.
(Ord. No. 2024-140, § 1, 9-10-24)
Source: City of Charleston, South Carolina, Code of Ordinances and Zoning Ordinance (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/sc/charleston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CICO_CH19MOVETR_ARTVIIOPVEGE_DIV1GE_S19-183OPFLCLSTROHIBRALFetched: 11/7/2026