Title 11 — PLANNING, ZONING AND HOUSING PROGRAMS

When any person wishes to lay out a townsite or subdivision, he shall cause the same to be surveyed and platted, which shall particularly describe and set forth all the streets, commons, or public grounds, and all blocks, lots, parcels, or tracts within such third class municipal…

Terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Governing body," the board of county commissioners, the city council, city commission, or town board; (2) "Improvement district," an improvement district constituted under authority of chapter 7-25A ; (3) "Municipality," an incorporated city …

Each plat filed with the register of deeds shall be fifteen by twenty - six inches, eleven by seventeen inches, or eight and one - half by fourteen inches. Each plat shall be drawn on drafting linen, matte film, or mylar, with waterproof black ink and each signature shall be made…

The register of deeds of the county recording any plat shall receive the sum of sixty dollars. The plat shall first be examined and accepted by the authorized governing body. Source: PolC 1877, ch 26, § 8; CL 1887, § 1102; RPolC 1903, § 1496; SL 1907, ch 238 , § 1; RC 1919, § 654…

When the plat or map shall have been made out, certified, acknowledged, and recorded as provided in this chapter, every donation or grant to the public, or any individual, religious society, corporation, or body politic, marked or noted as such on such plat or map, shall be deeme…

The owner of any parcel of land proposing to develop such land for residential or commercial purposes shall obtain written approval of the proposed access to an abutting highway or street from the appropriate highway or street authority. The approval shall be obtained prior to fi…

The Transportation Commission may adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26 , governing the following elements in granting written approval for access to state highways as provided for in §§ 11 - 3-12.1 and 31-24-6 : (1) Access location, width, and spacing; (2) Signal spacing; (3) Me…

Any plat of any municipality or improvement district, or addition thereto, or any subdivision of land therein, may be vacated by the proprietor at any time before the sale of any lots therein, by a written instrument declaring the plat to be vacated, duly executed, acknowledged, …

Any part of a plat may be vacated under the provisions and subject to the conditions of this chapter if such does not abridge or destroy any of the rights and privileges of other proprietors in such plat. Nothing contained in this section shall authorize the closing or obstructin…

The register of deeds in whose office the plats aforesaid are recorded shall write in plain, legible letters across that part of the plat so vacated the word "vacated," and also make a reference on the plat to the volume and page in which the instrument of vacation is recorded. S…

Any proceedings conducted before January 1, 1993, for the vacation of any plat, or any portion or part thereof, which plat was laid out pursuant to this chapter, whether the land included in the plat, or any portion or part thereof, is or was, at the time of the proceedings for v…

A registered land surveyor engaged by the owner shall at the time of surveying and laying out the property cause to be planted and firmly fixed in the ground at the corners of each block, lot, parcel, or tract, permanent markers constructed and placed in accordance with the rules…

Sections 11-3-20.1 , 11-3-20.2 , 11-3-21.1 , 11-3-22.1 , 11-3-23.1 , and 11-3-24.1 , are prescribed as the procedures to be followed for the vacation of part or all of any recorded plat of the State of South Dakota. Said sections are intended as supplemental to § 11-3-16 and only…

If a plat sought to be vacated lies within the platting jurisdiction of a municipality or county which has in existence a statutory planning commission, said plat may be vacated pursuant to the procedures outlined in §§ 11-3-20.2 to 11-3-20.4 , inclusive. Source: SL 1974, ch 109 …

The new plat shall specifically describe all previous plats sought to be vacated including the book and page or document number of all existing plats in the register of deeds office. The new plat shall specifically state that all previous plats so listed are to be vacated in whol…

Upon receipt of a plat, as described in § 11-3-20.2 , by the planning commission of any municipality or county, the planning commission shall require that the person seeking the vacation and replat provide the following information: (1) The names and addresses of the record owner…

Upon approval of the final plat, submitted under the provisions of § 11-3-20.1 or 11-3-20.2 , by the governing body of the municipality or county, said plat shall be filed in the office of the register of deeds of the county wherein the property is located. The register of deeds …

Any person interested in the vacation of part or all of any recorded plat that lies outside a municipality may file a petition in the office of the county auditor for the county where the platted property is situated containing: (1) The names and addresses of the record owner of …

The board of county commissioners shall set a time and place for a hearing on a petition filed pursuant to §

If after the hearing required by § 11-3-22.1 , the board of county commissioners determines that the granting of the petition will not abridge or destroy any of the rights and privileges of other proprietors of such plat and will not authorize the closing or obstruction of any pu…

The board of county commissioners shall file a certified copy of their decision in the office of the register of deeds. The register of deeds shall record such decision pursuant to §

The owner of any land within any plat vacated pursuant to this chapter may cause the same to be again platted in the manner provided for the original platting of townsites, additions, and subdivisions. Source: SL 1887, ch 109 , § 5; CL 1887, § 1113; RPolC 1903, § 1507; RC 1919, §…

All the lots, if included in blocks, shall be numbered in consecutive numbers starting with one, and the blocks shall also be numbered in consecutive numbers or letters, and the precise length and necessary angles of all lot and block lines, and the precise length and bearing ang…

Every plat provided for in this chapter shall be certified by the registered land surveyor, who shall attach an official seal thereto as specified in § 36-18A-45 as being in all respects correct. The landowner, or the landowner's duly authorized agent, shall certify that the plat…

Every addition or subdivision within a county, municipality or unincorporated town shall be named as follows, to wit: ____ Addition (or Subdivision) to the municipality (or unincorporated town) of ____ or ____ Addition (or Subdivision) in the ____ quarter, Section ____, T ____, R…

If any person wishes to plat any lands lying outside the boundaries of a municipality, the person shall be governed by this chapter. Before recording the person's plat in accordance with § 11-3-6 , the person shall submit the plat to the board of county commissioners of the count…

No board of county commissioners may accept a plat for any new subdivision or a change in any plat for an enlargement of any existing subdivision which is adjacent to or includes any of the waters of the state within such county unless such plat includes provisions that are bindi…

The developer of any plat approved pursuant to § 11-3-8.1 shall be liable for the execution of the provisions required by § 11-3-8.1 to protect such water from pollution and shall be liable for any pollution that occurs for failure to execute such provisions. Source: SL 1992, ch …

Plats specified in §§ 11-3-6 and 11-3-8 shall not be entitled to record or be recorded unless the same bear a copy of the certificate of the county director of equalization that he has received a copy of such plat. There shall also be endorsed thereon or attached to every plat pr…