Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Dolton Township, South Dakota

Dolton Township’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Buildings, structures, and land-use changes regulated by the Turner County zoning ordinance on unincorporated land inside Dolton Township, Turner County, South Dakota; the permit issuer is Turner County Office of Planning and Zoning.

  • The ordinance applies to unincorporated land within Turner County except areas approved for municipal joint zoning jurisdiction.
  • A separate building permit is required for each regulated building, structure, or land-use change.
  • A zoning permit is required before a change of use or occupancy within a building or structure.
  • The applicant must submit the information and site plan specified in § 24.02; the Planning Director may waive submission of plans when review is unnecessary to obtain compliance.
  • The Planning Director issues the permit if the work and submitted materials conform to the ordinance and other pertinent laws and ordinances and Article 25 fees have been paid.
  • A permit expires if authorized work is not commenced within 180 days or is suspended or abandoned for 180 days.

  permit commencement deadline: 180 days (Permit expires if the building, work, or use is not commenced within 180 days from the permit date.) · permit suspension-or-abandonment expiration: 180 days (Applies after work commences and is suspended or abandoned.)

  “It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, change, enlarge, alter, move, improve, convert, use, occupy or maintain any building, structure or land use regulated by this ordinance or cause the same to be done without first obtaining a separate building permit for each building, structure or land use change from the Office of Planning and Zoning.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Unincorporated land inside Dolton Township, Turner County, South Dakota; Turner County administers the applicable zoning ordinance.

  • The ordinance excludes areas approved for municipal joint zoning jurisdiction.
  • The county’s planning page states that cities are responsible for their own planning and zoning; this claim does not establish rules for incorporated land within the township.

  “The regulations and zoning district boundaries set forth in this ordinance shall apply to all unincorporated land within Turner County except those areas which have been approved for municipal joint zoning jurisdiction.”

Rules another office applies inside Dolton Township

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

• Who permits septicState (with conditions)

  On-site wastewater systems inside Dolton Township, Turner County, South Dakota.

  • South Dakota's on-site wastewater regulations are minimum requirements and standards.
  • Local governments may have more stringent regulations.

  “The authority for regulating on-site wastewater systems is found in SDCL Chapter 34A-2. The regulations are in the ARSD Articles 74:53:01. These regulations are the state’s minimum requirements and standards, but local governments may have more stringent regulations.”

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.