2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs
Chapter 04 - Municipal Planning And Zoning
§ 11-4-3 Comprehensive plan required--Purposes of plan--Factors considered in regulations.
11-4-3. Comprehensive plan required--Purposes of plan--Factors considered in regulations. Such regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements.
Such regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the district, and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout such municipality.
Source: SL 1927, ch 176, § 3; SDC 1939, § 45.2603.
