§ 159.001 TITLE.

   These regulations shall be referred to as the Revised Joint Zoning Ordinance for Minnehaha County and the City of Sioux Falls.

(1992 Code, App. C, § 1.01) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002; Ord. 100-03, passed 10-20-2003; Ord. 94-17, passed 9-26-2017)

§ 159.002 PURPOSE.

   These regulations have been based upon the Sioux Falls, Comprehensive Plan adopted by the board of county commissioners on March 28, 2017, and the city council on October 11, 2016, amended by the city council on April 18, 2017, and are in conformance with SDCL chapters 11-2, 11-4 and 11-6. These regulations shall establish a common working relationship between the city and Minnehaha County to carry out the goals and objectives of the plan as adopted by the city and county, 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 but not to exceed three miles from the city limits.

(1992 Code, App. C, § 1.02) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002; Ord. 94-17, passed 9-26-2017)

DISTRICTS AND BOUNDARIES

§ 159.015 BOUNDARIES OF JOINT JURISDICTION.

   (a)   The land within the joint zoning jurisdiction shall be contained within the following boundaries:

   Beginning along the south boarder of Section 32 (T101N R50W) approximately 1,090 feet east of the SW corner of Section 32-T101N-R50W, thence west to the SW corner of Section 31, thence north to the NW corner of the S1/2 of the N1/2 of Section 18, thence east to the NE corner of the S1/2 of the NW1/4 of Section 17, thence north to the NW corner of the NE1/4 of Section 29 (T102N R50W), thence east to the NE corner of the NW1/4 of Section 28, thence north to the NW corner of the S1/2 of the SE1/4 of Section 21, thence east to the NE corner of the S1/2 of the SE1/4 of Section 21, thence north to the SW corner of the NW1/4 of Section 22, thence east to the SE corner of the NW1/4 of Section 22, thence north to the NE corner of the NW1/4 of Section 22, thence east to the NE corner of the NW1/4 of Section 23, thence north to the NW corner of the SE1/4 of Section 14, thence east to the NE corner of the SE1/4 of Section 14, thence north to the NW corner of Section 13, thence east to approximately 821 feet east of NE corner of the Section 17 (T102N R49W), thence south to the S1/2 section line of Section 16, thence east to the NE corner of the S1/2 of Section 15, thence north to the NE corner of Section 15, thence east to the NE corner of Section 18 (T102N R48W), thence south to the SW corner of Section 8 (T101N R48W), thence east along the centerline of Madison Street to the intersection with SD Highway 11, thence south to the SE corner of Section 33, thence west along the county line to the point of beginning.

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

(1992 Code, App. C, § 2.01) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002; Ord. 100-03, passed 10-20-2003; Ord. 26-05, passed 3-14-2005; Ord. 94-17, passed 9-26-2017)

§ 159.016 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. C, § 2.02) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002; Ord. 100-03, passed 10-20-2003)