(A) Establishment of zoning districts.
(1) For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience and the general welfare of the community of the city, it is hereby divided into districts of 14 different types, each being such number, shape, kind and area, and such common unity of purpose, and adaptability of use, that are deemed most suitable to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
(2) Type of Districts:
(a) RA - Residential A (§ 155.020);
(b) RB - Residential B (§ 155.021);
(c) MR - Mountain Residential (§ 155.022);
(d) GC - General Commercial (§ 155.023);
(e) MXD-I - Mixed Use District-I (§ 155.024);
(f) HS - Highway Service (§ 155.025);
(g) GI - General Industrial (§ 155.026);
(h) GD - Greenway District (§ 155.027);
(i) NU - No Use District (§ 155.028);
(j) MGC - Golf Course (§ 155.029);
(k) GCRA - Golf Course Residential A (§ 155.030);
(l) GCC - Golf Course Commercial (§ 155.031);
(m) PUD - Planned Unit Development (§ 155.032); and
(n) AZ - Airport Zone (§ 155.033).
(B) Zoning map. The location and boundaries of the zoning districts established by this chapter are denoted and defined as shown in the map entitled “Zoning Map of the City of Hot Springs, South Dakota-dated 2015,” and certified by the Zoning Administrator. The said map together with everything shown thereon with all amendments adopted thereto, is hereby incorporated into this chapter as fully set forth and described herein. The zoning map shall be kept and maintained by the Building Official and shall be available for inspection and examination by members of the public at all reasonable times as any other public record.
(C) Scope of regulations. The regulations applying to each district include specific limitation on the use of land and structures, height and bulk of structures, density of population, lot area, yard dimension and area of lot that can be covered by structures.
(D) Rules for interpretation of district boundaries. Where uncertainty exists with respect to the precise location of any of the aforesaid districts shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply.
(1) Boundaries shown as following or approximately following streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to follow the centerlines of such streets, highways or alley.
(2) Boundaries shown as following or approximately following platted lot lines or other property lines, such lines shall be construed to be said boundary lines.
(3) Boundaries shown as following or approximately following railroad lines shall be construed to lie midway between the main tracks of such railroad lines.
(4) Boundaries shown as following or approximately following the centerline of streams, rivers or other continuously flowing watercourses shall be construed as following the channel centerline of such watercourses and the said boundaries shall be deemed to be at the limit of the jurisdiction of the city unless otherwise indicated.
(5) Boundaries shown as following or closely following the limits of political jurisdictions shall be construed as following such limits.
(6) Where the application of the aforesaid rules leaves a reasonable doubt as to the boundaries between two districts, the regulations of the more restrictive districts shall govern the entire parcel in question, unless otherwise determined by the governing body.
(7) Whenever any street, alley or other public easement is vacated, the district classification of the property to which the vacated portions of land accrue shall become the classification of the vacated land.
(Prior Code, § 27-A-03) (Ord. 964, passed 2- -2000; Ord. 1033, passed 4- -2008; Ord. 1210, passed 4-6-2020)