South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 29 - Highway Beautification And Regulation Of Advertising
Section 31-29-83 - Commercial activities in rest areas or information centers prohibited--Exceptions.

31-29-83. Commercial activities in rest areas or information centers prohibited--Exceptions.
Nothing in §§31-29-61 to 31-29-83, inclusive, authorizes the state or any political subdivision to operate or maintain, directly or indirectly, any commercial activity in any safety rest area or information center. This section does not apply to any commercial advertising or media display pursuant to §31-29-59, to a vending facility, vending soft drinks only, operated for the benefit of visually impaired vendors licensed by the Division of Service to the Blind and Visually Impaired or to a vending facility vending newspapers only. The Transportation Commission may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to establish a form upon which a newspaper vendor may apply for the placement of a vending machine; to establish provisions and standards for the location, operation, and maintenance of vending machines so as not to interfere with the use of the rest area or information center by the traveling public; and to maintain the orderly appearance of the vending facility.

Source: SL 1977, ch 246, §21; SL 1984, ch 211, §2; SL 1986, ch 237, §2; SL 1989, ch 21, §152; SL 2010, ch 145, §163; SL 2013, ch 129, §2; SL 2018, ch 169, §4.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 31 - Highways and Bridges

Chapter 29 - Highway Beautification And Regulation Of Advertising

Section 31-29-1 - Billboards near cemetery--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 31-29-2 - Obstruction of highway or to vision--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 31-29-12 - Rest areas and facilities--Commercial accommodations prohibited.

Section 31-29-13 - Interest in land acquired--Acquisition by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation.

Section 31-29-59 - Maps, directories, and pamphlets at rest areas--Advertising and media display at information centers.

Section 31-29-60 - Compensation for removal of nonconforming signs--Federal contributions.

Section 31-29-61 - Legislative policy on outdoor advertising along interstate and primary highways.

Section 31-29-62 - Definition of terms.

Section 31-29-63 - Advertising prohibited within specified distances of main-traveled way--Exceptions.

Section 31-29-63.1 - Notice to owner to remove nonconforming sign--Removal by department at owner's expense.

Section 31-29-63.2 - Abandoned sign--Determination.

Section 31-29-63.3 - "Available for lease" and public service messages.

Section 31-29-63.4 - On-premise signs.

Section 31-29-64 - Advertising prohibited within certain distance of interstate or limited access highway interchanges, intersections at grade, or rest areas--Measurement.

Section 31-29-65 - Size standards and criteria.

Section 31-29-66 - Lighting standards and criteria.

Section 31-29-67 - Spacing standards and criteria.

Section 31-29-67.1 - Maintenance of signs.

Section 31-29-68 - Local zoning authority's determination in lieu of size, lighting, and space controls.

Section 31-29-69 - Blanket prohibition by local authority not authorized--Reasonableness required.

Section 31-29-70 - Unzoned commercial or industrial area defined--Measurements--Designation terminated after cessation of commercial or industrial activity.

Section 31-29-71 - Permit required to maintain sign--Sign without permit as nuisance--Abatement.

Section 31-29-71.1 - Fee for permit--Exception.

Section 31-29-71.2 - Duration of permit--Renewal--Fee in lieu of property tax.

Section 31-29-71.3 - Disposition of fee revenue.

Section 31-29-71.4 - Certain signs exempt from permit requirement.

Section 31-29-71.5 - Municipal signs exempt from permit requirement.

Section 31-29-71.6 - Conforming permit.

Section 31-29-71.7 - Nonconforming permit.

Section 31-29-71.8 - Criteria for outdoor advertising--Zoned commercial adjacent to interstate system outside municipality.

Section 31-29-71.9 - Criteria for outdoor advertising--Zoned commercial in quadrant of interstate interchange with no service road.

Section 31-29-71.10 - Criteria for outdoor advertising--Zoned commercial in quadrant of interstate interchange with service road.

Section 31-29-71.11 - Criteria for outdoor advertising--Zoned commercial adjacent to interstate with municipality.

Section 31-29-71.12 - Criteria for outdoor advertising--Zoned commercial adjacent to primary system.

Section 31-29-71.13 - Commercial or industrial activity.

Section 31-29-71.14 - Applications for permits--Forms provided.

Section 31-29-72 - Acquisition of nonconforming signs--Compensation required--Removal not required unless necessary funds available and compensation paid.

Section 31-29-72.2 - Priority in removal of advertising.

Section 31-29-73 - Takings requiring compensation.

Section 31-29-73.1 - Highway fund used to pay for signs removed.

Section 31-29-75 - Removal or valuation by amortization schedule prohibited--Owners of signs and property guaranteed just compensation.

Section 31-29-80.1 - Directional sign program.

Section 31-29-80.2 - Funding of directional sign program.

Section 31-29-80.3 - Standards for directional signs submitted to federal government--Rules.

Section 31-29-80.4 - Procedure for authorizing directional signs--Compliance with rules.

Section 31-29-80.5 - Attraction defined.

Section 31-29-82 - Repair of sign permitted until actual removal--Maximum expenditure.

Section 31-29-83 - Commercial activities in rest areas or information centers prohibited--Exceptions.