§ 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)

§ 51.21 CONNECTION OF PLUMBING FIXTURES TO PUBLIC WATER SEWER SYSTEM.

   (A)   Each building in which plumbing fixtures are installed shall connect to a public water sewer system if available.  A public sewer system is available to a premise used for human occupancy if the property line of the premise is within 200 feet of the system.  A municipality may purchase, lease with purchase option, lease, or otherwise acquire from the owners, or condemn pursuant to SDCL § 9-12-1(2), any preexisting private sewers located within the municipality.

   (B)   The provisions of this section do not apply to municipalities of the first class. Nothing in this section requires any municipality to provide any municipal service outside of its municipal boundaries.

(SDCL § 9-48-53)

PURCHASE OF PRIVATE SEWERS