South Dakota SDCL §11-2-17 — County Agricultural-Use Protection (SD)
Tracked preemption from the South Dakota overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1979-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:SD
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Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
AND
city.is_county_record==Trueparcel.base_zone_category∈ {ag,ag_residential}
Preempted fields
3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
base_districts[category=ag].allowed_uses | add | bona_fide_agricultural_operation | County may not prohibit bona fide agricultural use on land classified as agricultural |
base_districts[category=ag].agricultural_use_prohibition | waive | — | Functional downzoning that excludes agriculture from A-zoned land runs afoul of §11-2-17 and ch. 21-10A |
base_districts[category=ag].nuisance_action_against_qualifying_ag_operation | waive | — | SDCL ch. 21-10A right-to-farm bars nuisance actions against qualifying ag operations once established (coming-to-the-nuisance doctrine) |
Citation
Authority source
SDCL §11-2-17 (County Zoning — Agricultural Protection); SDCL ch. 21-10A (Right to Farm); SDCL §§11-2-60 through 11-2-65 (CAFO provisions)
§ SDCL §11-2-17 + SDCL ch. 21-10A
Research notes
County records only. South Dakota has unusually strong agricultural-use protections relative to most states. An A-1 (Agricultural) or equivalent district in SD is effectively a state-reserved use class. Counties may impose reasonable performance/setback standards (especially for CAFOs under §§11-2-60 ff.) but cannot functionally zone agriculture out of existence on ag land. Statute narrows what counts as 'agricultural' — typically keyed to acreage thresholds and bona-fide commercial ag use; hobby-farm and residential-ranchette uses do not automatically qualify.