2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 11 - Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs
Chapter 09 - Tax Increment Financing Districts
§ 11-9-10 Developed areas impairing growth defined as blighted.
11-9-10. Developed areas impairing growth defined as blighted. Any area which by reason of:
(1) The presence of a substantial number of substandard, slum, deteriorated, or deteriorating structures;
(2) Predominance of defective or inadequate street layouts;
(3) Faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness;
(4) Insanitary or unsafe conditions;
(5) Deterioration of site or other improvements;
(6) Diversity of ownership, tax, or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair value of the land;
(7) Defective or unusual conditions of title;
(8) The existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes; or
(9) Any combination of such factors;
substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of a municipality, retards the provision of housing accommodations, or constitutes an economic or social liability and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare in its present condition and use, is a blighted area.
Source: SL 1978, ch 91, ยง 2 (2).
