South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 45 - Street And Alley Improvements
Section 9-45-16 - Resolution of necessity for construction of viaduct--Assessment and liability for damage to property.

9-45-16. Resolution of necessity for construction of viaduct--Assessment and liability for damage to property.
If any viaduct is declared by resolution necessary for the safety and protection of the public, the governing body of any first or second class municipality shall provide for appraising, assessing, and determining the damages, if any, that may be caused to any property by reason of the construction of the viaduct and its approaches. The resolution is effective thirty days after its publication, unless nullified by an order of the Public Utilities Commission.
Such damage shall be paid by the municipality and may be assessed against the property benefited as provided in chapter 9-43.

Source: SL 1909, ch 126; RC 1919, §6366; SDC 1939, §45.1706; SL 1992, ch 60, §2; SL 2012, ch 57, §78.

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South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 9 - Municipal Government

Chapter 45 - Street And Alley Improvements

Section 9-45-1 - Municipal power over streets, alleys, and public grounds--Types of improvements permitted.

Section 9-45-2 - Street names and numbering of houses.

Section 9-45-3 - Bridges, culverts and sluiceways.

Section 9-45-4 - City power over bridges, viaducts, and tunnels.

Section 9-45-5 - Crosswalks, curbs, gutters, and drains.

Section 9-45-6 - Survey and plat filed on laying out or boundary change in street, alley, or public ground.

Section 9-45-7 - Petition of property owners or landowners required for vacation of street, alley, or public ground--Plat--Verification of petition.

Section 9-45-8 - Publication of notice of petition and hearing on vacation.

Section 9-45-9 - Hearing and decision on vacation of street, alley, or public ground--Vote required.

Section 9-45-10 - Vacation after nonuser of platted street or alley--Petition of property owners.

Section 9-45-11 - Notice and hearing on vacation of platted street or alley--Evidence of nonuser.

Section 9-45-12 - Publication and filing of resolution vacating platted street or alley.

Section 9-45-13 - Irregularities in vacation proceedings cured after two years.

Section 9-45-13.1 - Vacation of street in extraterritorial jurisdiction of municipality.

Section 9-45-14 - Establishment of grade of street, alley, or sidewalk--Record kept by auditor or clerk.

Section 9-45-15 - Change of grade of street--Municipal liability for damage to abutting property.

Section 9-45-16 - Resolution of necessity for construction of viaduct--Assessment and liability for damage to property.

Section 9-45-17 - Viaduct specifications determined by governing body.

Section 9-45-18 - Viaduct costs borne and work done by railroads--Neglect as petty offense--Proceedings to compel compliance.

Section 9-45-19 - Viaduct work done by municipality on failure by railroad--Costs charged against railroad.

Section 9-45-35 - Assumption by municipality of cost of repairing street previously constructed by assessment.

Section 9-45-36 - Sidewalk relocation costs shared by municipality.

Section 9-45-37 - Record of street proceedings kept by auditor or clerk.