Section 11-6-14 - Preparation of comprehensive plan for municipal development--Contents of plan--Changes or additions.
11-6-14. Preparation of comprehensive plan for municipal development--Contents of plan--Changes or additions. It shall be a function and duty of the planning commission to propose a plan for the physical development of the municipality, including any areas outside the boundary and within its planning jurisdiction which, in the commission's judgment bear relation to the planning of the municipality. The comprehensive plan, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive and explanatory matter, shall show the commission's recommendations for the said physical development and may include, among other things, the general location, character, and extent of streets, bridges, viaducts, parks, parkways, waterways and waterfront developments, playgrounds, airports, and other public ways, grounds, places and spaces; the general location of public schools, of public buildings and other public property; a zoning ordinance for the regulation of the height, area, bulk, location, and use of private and public structures and premises, and of population density as may be provided by law may be included as an adjunct to the comprehensive plan; the general location and extent of public utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned, for water, light, power, heat, sanitation, transportation, communication, and other purposes; the acceptance, widening, removal, extension, relocation, narrowing, vacation, abandonment, or change of use of any of the foregoing public ways, grounds, places, spaces, buildings, properties, utilities, or terminals; the general location, character, layout, and extent of community centers and neighborhood units, and the general character, extent, and layout of the replanning of blighted districts and slum areas. The commission may from time to time propose amendments, extensions, or additions to the plan or carry any of the subject matter into greater detail.
Source: SL 1949, ch 198, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.3305; SL 1966, ch 145; SL 1975, ch 116, § 8.