9-33-2. Fire limits for wooden buildings--Condemnation of damaged buildings.
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 percent of its value, it shall be torn down or removed, and to prescribe the manner of ascertaining such damage.
Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, §1, subdiv 50; RPolC 1903, §1229, subdiv 50; SL 1903, ch 96; SL 1909, ch 50; SL 1913, ch 119, §53, subdiv 50; RC 1919, §6169 (23); SDC 1939, §45.0201 (52).
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 9 - Municipal Government
Chapter 33 - Fire Protection And Safety Regulations
Section 9-33-1 - Storage of combustible material--Open fires--Fireworks.
Section 9-33-2 - Fire limits for wooden buildings--Condemnation of damaged buildings.
Section 9-33-3 - Lumber and combustible materials.
Section 9-33-4 - Regulation of building construction--Fire escapes.
Section 9-33-4.1 - Adoption of building codes authorized.
Section 9-33-4.2 - Copy of code kept on file--Availability to public.
Section 9-33-5 - Electrical wiring and appliances--Gas fittings and appliances.
Section 9-33-6 - City building inspections and permits.
Section 9-33-7 - Safety in theaters and places of amusement.
Section 9-33-8 - Steam boiler inspection.
Section 9-33-9 - Safety regulations in factories and buildings.
Section 9-33-10 - Safety examination of dwellings and enclosures.
Section 9-33-11 - Maintenance of fire-fighting equipment and water supply.
Section 9-33-12 - Purchase and repair of fire-fighting equipment and facilities.
Section 9-33-13 - Appropriations for voluntary fire department authorized.