Title 9 — MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
59 chapters · 1,226 sections in this title.
SDCL § 9-33-1 Storage of combustible material--Open fires--Fireworks
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Every municipality shall have power to regulate or prohibit the storage of combustible or explosive material, the use of open flame lights, the building of bonfires, and the use or sale of fireworks. Source: SL 1890, ch 37 , art V, § 1, subdiv 53; RPolC 1903, § 1229, subdiv 53; S…
SDCL § 9-33-10 Safety examination of dwellings and enclosures
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Every municipality shall have power to provide for the examination by duly authorized officers at reasonable hours of dwellings, buildings, and enclosures to ascertain whether in a dangerous condition, and to provide for remedying such condition. Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, § 22, s…
SDCL § 9-33-11 Maintenance of fire - fighting equipment and water supply
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Every municipality shall have power to construct, operate, and maintain fire stations, fire engines, fire apparatus, and equipment, a system of fire signals, fire hydrants, and mains, and a water supply for prevention and extinguishment of fires. Source: SL 1890, ch 37 , art V, §…
SDCL § 9-33-12 Purchase and repair of fire - fighting equipment and facilities
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A municipality may purchase and repair fire - fighting equipment, apparatus, buildings, and sites. Source: SDC 1939, § 45.0201 (9) as added by SL 1967, ch 217 ; SL 1975, ch 89 , § 1; SL 1978, ch 62 , § 9; SL 1978, ch 64 .
SDCL § 9-33-13 Appropriations for voluntary fire department authorized
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A municipality may appropriate funds for the maintenance of a voluntary fire department, and for transportation of its members to the state firemen's tournament. Source: SL 1917, ch 308 ; RC 1919, § 6169 (78); SDC 1939, § 45.0201 (9); SL 1978, ch 62 , § 10. 9-33-14 to 9-33-16. Re…
SDCL § 9-33-17 City safety education programs
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Every municipality of the first class shall have power to establish, conduct, and support a program of education and instruction for the promotion of safety and the prevention of accidents. Source: SL 1957, ch 256 ; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.0203 (7); SL 1992, ch 60 , § 2.
SDCL § 9-33-18 City safety council
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Every municipality of the first class shall have power to establish, maintain, and support, in whole or in part, a safety council operated on any plan of membership and action as formulated by the National Safety Council. Source: SL 1955, ch 220 ; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.0203 (6); SL…
SDCL § 9-33-2 Fire limits for wooden buildings--Condemnation of damaged buildings
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Every municipality shall have power to prescribe the fire limits within which wooden buildings shall not be erected, placed, or repaired without permission, and to provide that when a building within such limits has been damaged by fire, decay, or otherwise to an extent of fifty …
SDCL § 9-33-3 Lumber and combustible materials
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Every municipality shall have power to regulate or prohibit the keeping of any lumberyard and the keeping or selling of any lumber or other combustible material within the fire limits. Source: SL 1890, ch 37 , art V, § 1, subdiv 74; RPolC 1903, § 1229, subdiv 75; SL 1913, ch 119 …
SDCL § 9-33-4 Regulation of building construction--Fire escapes
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Every municipality shall have power to prescribe the manner of constructing buildings, structures, and the walls thereof, and to require and regulate the construction of fire escapes on buildings. Source: SL 1890, ch 37 , art V, § 1, subdiv 49; RPolC 1903, § 1229, subdiv 49; SL 1…
SDCL § 9-33-4.1 Adoption of building codes authorized
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Each municipality may adopt by ordinance certain building codes pursuant to §
SDCL § 9-33-4.2 Copy of code kept on file--Availability to public
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The city auditor or town clerk shall keep and maintain a master copy of said code including all future deletions, modifications, and amendments which may be adopted by the governing body, and the same shall be available and subject to public inspection at all times. Source: SL 19…
SDCL § 9-33-5 Electrical wiring and appliances--Gas fittings and appliances
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Every municipality shall have power to regulate the construction and installation of and to provide for the inspection of electrical wiring and appliances and of gas piping, fittings, and appliances, and to provide the fees to be paid for such inspection. The exercise of such pow…
SDCL § 9-33-6 City building inspections and permits
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Every first or second class municipality shall have power to provide for the inspection of buildings and the issuance of building permits and fix the fees therefor. Source: SL 1913, ch 119 , § 53, subdiv 83; RC 1919, § 6170 (13); SDC 1939, § 45.0202 (5); SL 1992, ch 60 , § 2.
SDCL § 9-33-7 Safety in theaters and places of amusement
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Every municipality shall have power to regulate and provide for the inspection of places of amusement and to require theaters and other places of amusement to provide asbestos stage curtains and sufficient and proper aisles and exits for escape in case of fire. Source: SL 1890, c…
SDCL § 9-33-8 Steam boiler inspection
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Every municipality shall have power to provide for the inspection of steam boilers. Source: SL 1890, ch 37 , art V, § 1, subdiv 54; RPolC 1903, § 1229, subdiv 54; SL 1913, ch 119 , § 53, subdiv 54; RC 1919, § 6169 (73); SDC 1939, § 45.0201 (61).
SDCL § 9-33-9 Safety regulations in factories and buildings
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Every municipality shall have power to prevent and provide for remedying any dangerous construction or condition of any building, enclosure, or manufactory or any equipment used therein, to regulate and prevent the carrying on of manufactories creating a fire hazard, and to preve…