{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-25-610","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-610","heading":"Height of buildings; floor area between fire walls.","body":"No building hereafter erected or altered shall exceed four stories or fifty-five feet in height, unless it be of fireproof construction, when it shall not exceed fifteen stories or one hundred and ninety feet. Except when built as specified in SECTION 5-25-920, no building hereafter erected having walls of hollow terra-cotta or concrete blocks shall exceed three stories or forty feet in height. The floor area between fire walls of nonfireproof buildings shall not exceed the following: When fronting on one street, five thousand square feet; when fronting on two streets, six thousand square feet; and when fronting on three streets, seven thousand five hundred square feet. These area limits may be increased under the following conditions, as indicated: For nonfireproof buildings, fully equipped with approved automatic sprinklers, fifty per cent; for fireproof buildings, not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five feet in height, fifty per cent; for fireproof buildings, not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five feet in height, fully equipped with approved automatic sprinklers, one hundred per cent.","path":["Title 5 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS","CHAPTER 25 Building Codes and Fire Prevention","ARTICLE 7 Construction Regulations Generally"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t05c025.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:23:24Z","sha256":"e30a9fab0a1d40eea78ba607e3de358e81855d101b52e59b505a9b962bf5d3f8","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-25-480","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-25-620"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}