§ 51.04 SEWER PIPES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY; DISCHARGE.

   The municipality may construct, maintain, or authorize the construction and maintenance of sewer pipes on private property or in or along any stream of water, or empty or discharge the sewage of the municipality into any stream of water within or without its limits, subject to the provisions of SDCL Chapter 34A-2, if such can be done without creating any foul or noxious odors in the air over or along such stream.

(SDCL § 9-48-4)

Statutory reference:

   Environmental protection, see SDCL Chapter 34A-2

§ 51.05 ACQUISITION OF SEWER MAINS, NEWLY ANNEXED AREA.

   The municipality shall have power, within the discretion of the governing board of the municipality, to purchase, lease with purchase option, lease or otherwise acquire from the owners thereof, or condemn under provision of SDCL § 9-12-1(2), any sewer main or mains laid in, on or under any street or alley or otherwise located in any municipality, district or subdivision outside the corporate limits of the municipality and which subdivision or district shall have been, by annexation proceedings or otherwise, annexed to the municipality.

(SDCL § 9-48-5)

§ 51.06 FINANCING; GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

   The municipality may issue its general obligation bonds pursuant to SDCL Chapter 9-26 for the purpose of financing the construction of sewers.

(SDCL § 9-48-6)

§ 51.07 CONNECTIONS FROM SEWERS TO LOT LINE.

   The municipality shall have power to regulate and provide for the laying of sewer connections from the city trunk or service sewers, to the lot line. The municipality may assess the cost against the abutting property owner as provided by SDCL Chapter 9-43.

(SDCL § 9-48-7)

§ 51.08 DISPOSING PRIVATE OR INDUSTRIAL WASTE THROUGH MUNICIPAL SEWAGE PLANT.

   A municipality, where a sewage treatment or septic plant is maintained, may enter into a contract to connect to the plant for the purpose of treating or disposing of private sewage or industrial waste originating within the municipality or within ten miles of the corporate limits of the municipality, if the plant has the capacity to handle the sewage or industrial waste.

(SDCL § 9-48-32)

CONNECTIONS

§ 51.20 MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN SEWER CONNECTIONS.

   No more than one sewer connection shall be made for each platted lot, or for each 44 feet of frontage of unplatted ground, in the residence section, and for each 22 feet of frontage in the business section of the municipality, except when the abutting owner requests in writing the placing of sewer connections at a less number of feet.

(SDCL § 9-48-20)