§ 158.002 PURPOSE.

(1) The Sioux Falls 2040 Comprehensive Development Plan adopted by the board of county commissioners on April 25, 2017, and the city council on October 11, 2016, and as amended by the city council (April 18, 2017); and

(2) The Lincoln County Comprehensive Plan as adopted by the board of county commissioners on September 27, 2004.

(b) All of the aforementioned land use regulatory tools are in conformance with SDCL ch. 11-2, 11-4 and 11-6. These regulations shall establish a common working relationship between Lincoln County and the city to carry out the goals and objectives of the plan as adopted by the county and city, but especially to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration or scattering of population; and to encourage a distribution of population or mode of land utilization that will facilitate the economical and adequate provisions of transportation, roads, water supply, drainage, sanitation, education, recreation or other public requirements. The regulations are intended to preserve and protect existing property uses and values against adverse or unharmonious adjacent uses by zoning land outside the corporate boundaries of the city.

(1992 Code, App. F, § 1.02) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006; Ord. 93-17, passed 9-26-2017)

DISTRICTS AND BOUNDARIES

§ 158.015 BOUNDARIES OF JOINT AND PLATTING JURISDICTION.

(a) The Lincoln County/City of Sioux Falls joint zoning and platting jurisdiction geographic area shall be geographically portrayed in accordance with the applicable joint jurisdictional boundary delineated in Map 2.A of the Sioux Falls 2040 Comprehensive Plan and defined as follows:

Beginning at the NW corner of Section 10 (T100N R51W), thence south of the SW corner of Section 15, thence east until the intersection of the centerline of 270th Street and the center of the right-of-way for Interstate 29 (T100N R50W), thence south along the center of the right-of-way for Interstate 29 until the intersection of the center of the right-of-way for Interstate 29 and the centerline of 272nd Street, thence east of the SE corner of Section 28, thence north to the NE corner of Section 28, thence east to where the south line of Section 23 (T100N R49W) meets the Big Sioux River, thence north following the Big Sioux River, to the Lincoln/Minnehaha County line, thence following west to the point of beginning excluding existing city limits of Sioux Falls, SD.

(b) Before any territory may come under the jurisdiction of these regulations, the boundary of the joint and platting jurisdiction shall be amended by ordinance adopted by the county commission and city council in compliance with South Dakota Compiled Laws.

(1992 Code, App. F, § 2.01) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006; Ord. 93-17, passed 9-26-2017)

§ 158.016 DISTRICTS DESIGNATED.

(a) In order to regulate and restrict the height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures; the percentage of a lot that may be occupied; the size of the yards, courts and other open spaces; the density of population; and the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes; the joint zoning jurisdiction is hereby divided into the following districts:

Districts
A-1 agricultural	C commercial
RR rural residential	I-1 light industrial
RS-1 residential	I-2 general industrial
RS-2 residential	RC recreation/ conservation
RD residential	PD planned development
RA-1 residential

(b) The following districts shall be designated as zoning overlay districts, imposing special regulations on the properties that fall within these overlay districts without abrogating the requirements imposed by the underlying land use district regulations:

WS water source protection

(1992 Code, App. F, § 2.02) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)

§ 158.017 INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE.

The following are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference:

(a) The official zoning map(s) of the area of joint jurisdiction, together with all the explanatory matter thereon and attached thereto, is hereby adopted by reference and is declared to be a part of these regulations. The maps shall be signed by the chairperson of the board of county commissioners and the mayor of Sioux Falls and be filed with the Lincoln County Auditor and Sioux Falls city clerk;

(b) The flood insurance rate map is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of these regulations. Areas shown as Zone A, AO or A1-A30 on the FIRM but which are zoned A-1 agricultural on the zoning map, shall be governed by the provisions of the RC recreation/conservation district; and

(c) The approved plans submitted in conjunction with any planned development district are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of these regulations.

(1992 Code, App. F, § 2.03) (Ord. 10-06, passed 1-23-2006)

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