Ace Concrete Construction quotes commercial concrete services in Anderson County off the owner's drawings, and the pour is the last item on the calendar. Before it come the land use permit, the site plan, stormwater review on larger sites and the right-of-way approval. Below is which office handles what, from the county’s and the City of Anderson’s own pages and forms, all read October 26, 2026.
Who permits commercial concrete in Anderson County, the county or the city?
Inside Anderson city limits, the City of Anderson Building Department handles it. Its permit page says plan review and permit applications go through the city's ViewPoint Cloud site with the drawings attached, and that hard copies are no longer necessary. Commercial plan review costs half the cost of the building permit. Inspections are requested on the same site with 24 hours' notice, and the department's number is 864-231-2217.
Outside the city, the job belongs to Anderson County. Development Standards, at 401 E. River Street in Anderson (864-260-4719), says it processes applications and issues permits for both commercial and residential projects under Chapter 24 (Land Use) and Chapter 48 (Zoning) of the county code. Land use, compliance and building permits all run through the county's OpenGov portal, and you need an account before you can apply. The commercial packet we read still describes a paper submittal, so ask which one applies. Ask the county or the city which one has the parcel before anything is filed.
Which county application fits a pad, a lot or a building?
The county sorts land uses into five groups. Commercial covers businesses selling goods or services, and its examples are warehouses, retail stores, office buildings, medical centers, malls and hotels. Industrial covers manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, warehousing and storage, with sawmills, boat storage and automotive among the examples. Institutional covers schools, churches and hospitals. Multi-family and an "other" group, which includes single-family homes, make up the rest. The permit form has a box for the intended use.
A land use permit isn’t needed, the county says, when someone takes a vacant building and occupies it with a use similar to its previous one. An up-fit to existing buildings application applies instead. A new sign needs its own permit application after the land use permit is approved.
What does the county's commercial site plan have to show?
The county's Commercial Land Use Permit packet defines land use as a use of land that may result in an earth change, and the definition names road and drainage construction. A new lot, pad or curb run fits that wording. The site plan is drawn to scale, for example one inch to 20 feet, with a vicinity map. Several required items land directly on the concrete:
| Site plan item in the county packet | What it means for the pour |
|---|---|
| All entrances and exits, and traffic circulation | Fixes where the drive approaches and aprons sit. |
| Parking spaces with their dimensions and count, plus aisle dimensions | Fixes the paved footprint and the striping layout. |
| Handicap spaces, signage and the ramp | Puts the accessible spaces and ramp on the sheet the concrete is priced from. |
| Percentage of impermeable area | The packet counts "areas of concrete and asphalt" along with buildings, driveways, roads and sidewalks. Paving a gravel lot changes this number. |
| Bufferyard and landscaping plan | Planting areas set where the paving stops. |
| Every right-of-way | Decides who approves the apron or curb where the site meets the road. |
Two copies of the site plan go to Development Standards, with a square footage breakdown for each use. The packet tells the applicant to contact the Fire Marshal at 864-260-4012 and asks whether private covenants or deed restrictions apply to the property. It says an approval is void if restrictions turn up after submittal. The county's Development Standards fees changed on July 1, 2026, so get the current fee from the office before you budget from the fee table in the packet.
When does Anderson County's stormwater review apply?
The county's Stormwater Department requires permit coverage for land disturbance of one acre or more. That includes a smaller site that is part of a larger common plan reaching an acre. The applicant submits a stormwater management and sediment control plan. The department says it has 20 working days to approve or return comments, and a plan with no action by then is considered approved by default.
After county approval, a state NPDES permit is also needed before land disturbance starts. The county's flow chart adds that the grading permit comes from Development Standards by a separate application, and that the stormwater approval, stamped plans and grading permit are delivered at the pre-construction meeting.
Under an acre, the commercial packet points the applicant to a Land Disturbing Activity form. The packet still warns that failing to install and maintain control measures that protect adjacent property, waterways or roads may fail or delay the first building inspection.
Inside the city, the City of Anderson operates a small municipal storm sewer system. Its stormwater page lists, under resources for developers, the city's land development regulations for plan review, the state construction general permit and Notice of Intent, and city and SCDOT encroachment permit applications. Its Stormwater Hotline, 864-231-2246, takes reports of sediment leaving a construction site.
Who approves the apron, curb cut or sidewalk where the site meets the road?
The county packet tells the applicant to show every right-of-way. If the site fronts a state road, it lists SCDOT at 864-260-2215. If it fronts a county road, it lists Anderson County Roads and Bridges at 864-260-4190. Inside the city, the stormwater page puts a city encroachment permit application next to the SCDOT one. We cover SCDOT's encroachment steps for curb along a state road on our commercial curb and gutter page.
How long before the pour can start?
No single number covers it, since each office keeps its own clock. These are the ones we found in writing:
- County stormwater review, for one acre or more: 20 working days to approve or return comments.
- County land use permit and site plan: the packet we read gives no review time, so ask Development Standards.
- City of Anderson inspections: requested through the portal with 24 hours' notice.
- Fees: the county revised its Development Standards, Building and Codes, and stormwater fee schedules effective July 1, 2026.
Send us the plan set and any permit numbers you already have through the estimate form below, and we price the concrete to them. Our commercial concrete services page lists the work we pour across Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson and Laurens counties. A job inside the city also has its own page for concrete in Anderson, SC. The neighboring counties have guides of their own: commercial concrete pads in Spartanburg and five things to check before a commercial slab in Greenville County. If you want a commercial concrete company to price an Anderson County pad, lot or curb run, send the address and drawings through the form below or call 864-214-5271.
Sources: City of Anderson, Building Permit Information; City of Anderson, Stormwater Management; Anderson County, Development Standards; Anderson County, Building & Codes; Anderson County, Stormwater Department; Anderson County, Commercial Land Use Permit Application packet; Anderson County, Stormwater Permit Application Flow Chart; Anderson County, Land Disturbing Activity Application. All read October 26, 2026.
