Every municipality may, by ordinance, prescribe the width of sidewalks and may establish different widths in different areas of the municipality and determine the kind of material of which the sidewalk shall be constructed, having regard to the business and amount of travel in the vicinity of each.
S.D. Codified Laws § 9-46-1
Width and material of sidewalks prescribed by ordinance
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Patitucci v. City of Hill City & Granite Sports Inc. (2013)
Most recently applied in Patitucci v. City of Hill City & Granite Sports Inc. (August 2013)
Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art XVI, § 19; RPolC 1903, § 1307; SL 1913, ch 324; RC 1919, § 6359; SDC 1939, § 45.1601; SL 2020, ch 30, § 2.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.