(A) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the harmonious development of the city and its environs in accordance with the city’s Comprehensive Plan; to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote public health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentrations of population; and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements.
(B) The zoning ordinance controls the use of land, the location, height, size and use of buildings, the arrangement of buildings on lots and the density of population within the corporate limits of the city and within that portion of the unincorporated area of the county included on the official “Zoning Map of the City of Fort Pierre, South Dakota and its Planning Area,” which is incorporated as a part of this chapter as if set out in full and shown as the Fort Pierre Urban Area on the official “Zoning Map of Stanley County, South Dakota.”
(Prior Code, § Q-1-101)
Editor’s note:
As an additional reference, see Res. 680, passed 8-6-1990.
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-12-13, 11-4-3 and 11-6-11