Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Town of Tulare, South Dakota

Rules another office applies inside Town of Tulare

Town of Tulare does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Building permitRequired

  County zoning building permit, applied by Spink County inside Tulare town

  • Required where improvement market value exceeds $2,500 (effective 3-07-06), for moved structures, and for any structure needing additional land to be sited on.
  • Full list of instances not fully reviewed.

  value threshold: > 2500 USD (moved structures and structures needing additional land require a permit regardless of cost)

  “17.1702 building permits required. building permits are required in the following instances: 1. for any improvements on or to any structure/ building in wh for any new or improvements on or to any structure/ building in which the market value of the improvement, including labor either done by self or hired labor and materials exceeds twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dollars: (effective 3-07-06)”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Inside Tulare town limits: zoning is administered by Spink County under its county zoning ordinance, which expressly extends to the incorporated town of Tulare. No separate Tulare town ordinance was found.

  • Rule-maker is Spink County, not the town.
  • Ordinance copy retrieved is the 2006-era PDF; a later 12-2024 proposed update exists and was not reviewed.

  “the provisions of this ordinance shall apply within the unincorporated areas of spink county excluding area inside the city limits of redfield; also including the incorporated areas of ashton, brentford, conde, doland, frankfort, hitchcock, mellette, northville, tulare, and turton, south dakota”

• Zoning districtsPublished

  County zoning districts that apply inside Tulare town (Rural-Urban district is the small-community district)

  • Official zoning map referenced in 17.0301 not reviewed to confirm Tulare's district.

  “there are hereby created 7 types of districts by which the jurisdictional area defined in title 17.03 shall be divided: (ag) (lf) (ru) (c) (hi) (i) (fp)”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Rural-Urban (RU) district, single/two-family dwellings, applied by Spink County inside Tulare town

  • Multifamily above two units needs an additional 1,800 sq ft per extra unit.
  • Minimum lot width 50 ft and depth 120 ft.

  minimum lot area: >= 7200 sq ft

  “17.0905 minimum lot requirements. the minimum lot area shall be seven thousand two hundred (7,200) square feet for single/two-family dwellings.”

• SetbacksSpecified

  Rural-Urban (RU) district, applied by Spink County inside Tulare town

  • Distances measured from the edge of road right of way.
  • Special exception yards set by planning commission.
  • Corner lots get second front yard of half depth.

  front yard: >= 20 ft · rear yard: >= 20 ft · side yard: >= 7 ft

  “17.0906 minimum yard requirements. for all permitted uses and structures, there shall be a front yard of not less than a depth of twenty (20) feet.”

• Manufactured homesAllowed

  Mobile homes as dwellings in the RU district, applied by Spink County inside Tulare town

  • Zoning page lists a separate variance application for mobile homes; its terms were not reviewed.

  “1. single-family/multi-family dwellings and their normal accessory building, including mobile homes;”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Town of Tulare or Spink County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Tulare town
• Building code adopted — Tulare town
• Inspections — Tulare town
• Certificate of occupancy — Tulare town
• Minimum dwelling size — RU district in Tulare town

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.