What is a power letter? How do we know if we need a power letter? How do we obtain it?

• York Coun­ty Plan­ning & Devel­op­ment requires busi­ness­es (that are not locat­ed with­in city lim­its) to obtain a pow­er let­ter and/or build­ing per­mit. This is need­ed by the coun­ty to eval­u­ate the use of your busi­ness, and the location’s zon­ing and build­ing codes.
• There is a pow­er let­ter guide with­in the appli­ca­tion. If you are not able to deter­mine if your busi­ness requires a let­ter, then please con­tact our Mem­ber Ser­vices Depart­ment at 803–684‑4248 (Mon­day Fri­day 8 am‑5 pm).
• Please con­tact York Coun­ty Plan­ning & Devel­op­ment at 803–909‑7200, and they will inform you on how to obtain a pow­er let­ter.

If you are open­ing a busi­ness in an exist­ing build­ing, there are some things you should know about York coun­ty’s build­ing & zon­ing reg­u­la­tions.

[PDF] York County: New or Relocating Business Guidelines

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