Rapid City City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
17.04 Definitions
Sections
- 17.04.010 Generally–Construction of terms.
- 17.04.013 Abut.
- 17.04.015 Accessory building.
- 17.04.020 Accessory use.
- 17.04.021 Adjacent.
- 17.04.022 Adjoin.
- 17.04.023 Adult day care centers.
- 17.04.024 Adverse effect.
- 17.04.025 Advertising.
- 17.04.030 Advertising sign or structure.
- 17.04.035 Agriculture.
- 17.04.040 Alley.
- 17.04.044 Alteration to historic property.
- 17.04.045 Alterations.
- 17.04.050 Amusement and recreation establishments.
- 17.04.055 Area, building.
- 17.04.060 Art center.
- 17.04.060.5 Art centers.
- 17.04.061 Assisted living center.
- 17.04.062 Assisted living room.
- 17.04.063 Assisted living suite.
- 17.04.065 Automobile wrecking.
- 17.04.070 Average ground elevation.
- 17.04.075 Basement.
- 17.04.080 Bed and breakfast facility.
- 17.04.085 Billboard.
- 17.04.090 Board.
- 17.04.095 Boardinghouse.
- 17.04.100 Buildable area of a lot.
- 17.04.105 Building.
- 17.04.110 Building, accessory.
- 17.04.115 Building, height of.
- 17.04.120 Building, main or principal.
- 17.04.125 Building setback line.
- 17.04.130 Building site.
- 17.04.135 Business services.
- 17.04.140 Cellar.
- 17.04.145 Child care center.
- 17.04.150 Clinic.
- 17.04.155 Club, private.
- 17.04.160 Community corrections facility.
- 17.04.163 Contiguous.
- 17.04.165 Convention hotel.
- 17.04.170 Country club.
- 17.04.175 Coverage.
- 17.04.176 Data center.
- 17.04.177 Department.
- 17.04.180 Developmental lot.
- 17.04.182 Director.
- 17.04.183 Distiller, artisan.
- 17.04.185 District.
- 17.04.190 Dog kennel.
- 17.04.195 Dormitory.
- 17.04.197 Rapid City Historic Commercial District.
- 17.04.200 Drive-in commercial uses.
- 17.04.205 Drive-in restaurants.
- 17.04.210 Dump.
- 17.04.215 Dwelling.
- 17.04.220 Dwelling, multi-family.
- 17.04.225 Dwelling, single-family.
- 17.04.230 Dwelling, townhouse.
- 17.04.235 Dwelling, 2-family.
- 17.04.240 Dwelling unit.
- 17.04.241 Dwelling units, live-work.
- 17.04.242 Reserved.
- 17.04.245 Equal degree of encroachment.
- 17.04.247 Environs.
- 17.04.250 Family.
- 17.04.255 Family day care home.
- 17.04.260 Family-style meal.
- 17.04.263 Farmer’s market.
- 17.04.265 Fast-food restaurants.
- 17.04.270 Filling station.
- 17.04.275 Flood.
- 17.04.280 Flood frequency.
- 17.04.285 Floodway.
- 17.04.290 Floor area.
- 17.04.295 Food processing.
- 17.04.300 Fraternity or sorority house.
- 17.04.305 Frontage.
- 17.04.310 Garage, attached.
- 17.04.315 Garage, private.
- 17.04.320 Garage, public.
- 17.04.325 Garage, repair.
- 17.04.326 Garden centers.
- 17.04.330 Gasoline service or filling station.
- 17.04.335 Grade, adjacent ground elevation.
- 17.04.340 Grade, established.
- 17.04.345 Grade, finished.
- 17.04.350 Group home.
- 17.04.353 Health Department.
- 17.04.355 High-tech industrial production facility.
- 17.04.356 Historic district.
- 17.04.357 Historic preservation design guidelines.
- 17.04.358 Historic project.
- 17.04.359 Historic property.
- 17.04.360 Historical monuments and/or structures.
- 17.04.365 Home occupation.
- 17.04.370 Hospital.
- 17.04.375 Hotel.
- 17.04.380 Hotel apartment.
- 17.04.385 House trailer.
- 17.04.390 House trailer park.
- 17.04.391 Indoor shooting range.
- 17.04.392 Infrastructure Design Criteria Manual.
- 17.04.393 Innovation center.
- 17.04.394 International Building Codes.
- 17.04.395 Junkyard or salvage yard.
- 17.04.400 Kennel.
- 17.04.405 Kindergartens.
- 17.04.410 Legal nonconforming use.
- 17.04.412 Limited production and processing.
- 17.04.415 Loading space.
- 17.04.420 Lot.
- 17.04.425 Lot, area.
- 17.04.430 Lot, corner.
- 17.04.435 Lot, depth.
- 17.04.440 Lot, double-frontage.
- 17.04.445 Lot, frontage.
- 17.04.450 Lot, interior.
- 17.04.455 Lot line, front.
- 17.04.460 Lot line, rear.
- 17.04.465 Lot lines.
- 17.04.470 Lot line, side.
- 17.04.475 Lot width.
- 17.04.478 Maker space.
- 17.04.480 Medical facilities.
- 17.04.483 Microcell cellular communications facilities.
- 17.04.484 Microcell wireless communication antenna.
- 17.04.485 Minimum floor elevation.
- 17.04.490 Missions.
- 17.04.492 Mixed-use development.
- 17.04.493 Mobile food vendor establishment.
- 17.04.495 Mobile home.
- 17.04.500 Mobile home park.
- 17.04.505 Mobile home space.
- 17.04.510 Motel.
- 17.04.513 National Register of Historic Places.
- 17.04.515 Nonconforming use.
- 17.04.520 Noxious matter.
- 17.04.525 Obstruction.
- 17.04.530 On-sale liquor establishment.
- 17.04.535 Parking lot.
- 17.04.540 Parking space.
- 17.04.542 Pedestrian oriented street.
- 17.04.543 Pedestrian oriented lighting.
- 17.04.545 Penthouse.
- 17.04.547 Pet store.
- 17.04.550 Planned development.
- 17.04.555 Plat.
- 17.04.560 Principal use.
- 17.04.565 Public uses.
- 17.04.570 Public utility.
- 17.04.575 Quarry.
- 17.04.577 Rapid City West Boulevard Historic District.
- 17.04.580 Reach.
- 17.04.585 Recreational facilities.
- 17.04.587 Recyclables, household.
- 17.04.590 Regulatory flood.
- 17.04.595 Regulatory flood protection elevation.
- 17.04.600 Required setback.
- 17.04.605 Roominghouse.
- 17.04.610 Sanitarium.
- 17.04.615 Sanitary sewer.
- 17.04.620 School, private.
- 17.04.625 School, public.
- 17.04.627 Secretary of Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
- 17.04.630 Self-service laundry.
- 17.04.631 Side load garage.
- 17.04.635 Sign, billboard or other advertising device.
- 17.04.636 Sod farms.
- 17.04.640 Sorority.
- 17.04.643 State Register of Historic Places.
- 17.04.645 Story.
- 17.04.650 Stream.
- 17.04.655 Street.
- 17.04.660 Street grade.
- 17.04.665 Street, intersecting.
- 17.04.670 Street line.
- 17.04.675 Structure.
- 17.04.676 Studio apartment.
- 17.04.677 Teenage care center.
- 17.04.678 Temporary trailer parks or campgrounds.
- 17.04.680 Theater, moving picture.
- 17.04.685 Theater, outdoor drive-in.
- 17.04.690 Tourist cabin.
- 17.04.695 Tourist court.
- 17.04.700 Tourist home.
- 17.04.705 Trailer.
- 17.04.710 Trailer court.
- 17.04.715 Trailer, hauling.
- 17.04.720 Trailer, travel or camping.
- 17.04.730 Use.
- 17.04.735 Utilities.
- 17.04.740 Vehicle, inoperable.
- 17.04.743 Vertical axis wind turbine.
- 17.04.745 Walkway.
- 17.04.750 Way.
- 17.04.752 Wind energy conversion system.
- 17.04.755 Yard.
- 17.04.760 Yard, front.
- 17.04.765 Yard, rear.
- 17.04.770 Yard, side.
- 17.04.775 Zoning district.
17.08 PF
Park-Forest District
Sections
17.12 MDR
Medium Density Residential District
Sections
- 17.12.010 General description.
- 17.12.020 Permitted principal and accessory uses and structures.
- 17.12.030 Conditional uses.
- 17.12.040 Temporary uses.
- 17.12.050 Area regulations.
- 17.12.060 Usable open space.
- 17.12.070 Height regulations.
- 17.12.080 Off-street parking.
- 17.12.090 Landscaping.
- 17.12.100 Flood fringe building district.
17.16 CB
Central Business District
Sections
- 17.16.010 General description.
- 17.16.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.16.030 Conditional uses.
- 17.16.040 Prohibited uses and structures.
- 17.16.050 Area regulations.
- 17.16.060 Height regulations.
- 17.16.070 Off-street parking.
- 17.16.080 Off-street loading and unloading requirements.
- 17.16.090 Flood fringe building district.
17.28 FH
Flood Hazard District
Sections
17.30 SC-1
Neighborhood Shopping Center District
Sections
- 17.30.010 General description.
- 17.30.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.30.030 Conditional uses.
- 17.30.040 Area regulations.
- 17.30.050 Height regulations.
- 17.30.060 Off-street parking requirements.
- 17.30.070 Screening requirements.
- 17.30.080 Landscaping.
- 17.30.090 Administrative procedure for shopping center development.
17.32 SC-2
Community Shopping Center District
Sections
- 17.32.010 General description.
- 17.32.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.32.030 Uses permitted on review.
- 17.32.040 Area regulations.
- 17.32.050 Height regulations.
- 17.32.060 Off-street parking requirements.
- 17.32.070 Screening requirements.
- 17.32.080 Landscaping.
- 17.32.090 Administrative procedure for shopping center development.
17.36 Hotel-Motel
Zoning Districts
Sections
- 17.36.010 General description.
- 17.36.020 Permitted principal and accessory uses and structures.
- 17.36.030 Uses permitted when completely within the principal structure of the hotel or motel.
- 17.36.040 Uses permitted on review.
- 17.36.050 Area regulations.
- 17.36.060 Height regulations.
- 17.36.070 Parking requirements.
- 17.36.080 Screening requirements.
- 17.36.090 Flood fringe building district.
17.38 MHR
Mobile Home Residential District
Sections
- 17.38.010 General description.
- 17.38.020 Permitted principal and accessory uses and structures.
- 17.38.030 Conditional uses.
- 17.38.040 Area regulations.
- 17.38.050 Height regulations.
- 17.38.060 Off-street parking.
- 17.38.070 Flood fringe building district.
- 17.38.080 District classifications.
- 17.38.090 Effect on subdivision regulations.
17.40 Office
Commercial District
Sections
17.50 Supplementary
Regulations
Sections
- Article I. Development Requirements and Standards for Conditional Uses, Planned Development Overlay Districts, Planned Unit Development Zoning Districts, and Administrative Exceptions
- 17.50.010 General provisions.
- 17.50.020 Townhouses–General requirements.
- 17.50.030 Townhouses–Standard requirements.
- 17.50.040 Townhouses–Procedure.
- 17.50.050 Planned Development Overlay District (PD).
- 17.50.060 Planned Unit Development (PUD) Zoning District.
- 17.50.070 Administrative exceptions.
- 17.50.080 Signage.
- 17.50.090 Off-premises signage.
- 17.50.100 On-premises signage.
- 17.50.105 Medical cannabis establishments.
- 17.50.110 Manufactured home parks.
- 17.50.120 Cemetery.
- 17.50.130 Drive-in theater.
- 17.50.140 Public and private utilities and services.
- 17.50.150 Child care centers.
- 17.50.160 Automobile wrecking and junk yards.
- 17.50.170 Recreational fads.
- 17.50.180 Motel complex.
- 17.50.185 On-sale liquor establishment.
- 17.50.186 Sexually oriented businesses.
- Article II. Accessory Uses
- Article III. Temporary Uses
- Article IV. Development Requirements
- 17.50.250 Yard, building setback and open space exceptions.
- 17.50.260 Height.
- 17.50.270 Minimum off-street parking requirements.
- 17.50.280 Storage and parking of vehicles and trailers.
- 17.50.290 Off-street loading and unloading requirements.
- 17.50.300 Landscape regulations.
- 17.50.310 Lighting.
- 17.50.320 Swimming pools.
- 17.50.330 Tents.
- 17.50.335 Sight Triangles.
- 17.50.340 Fences and walls.
- Article V. Specific Uses
17.52 Nonconforming
Buildings and Uses
Sections
- 17.52.010 Continuance and maintenance generally.
- 17.52.020 Alteration or enlargement of buildings and structures.
- 17.52.030 Continuation and change of use.
- 17.52.040 Nonconforming building vacancy.
- 17.52.050 Change in use.
- 17.52.060 Legal nonconforming uses of land.
- 17.52.065 Existing small lots.
- 17.52.070 Damage.
- 17.52.080 Pending applications for building permits.
17.54 Administration
and Enforcement
Sections
- 17.54.010 Organization.
- 17.54.020 Variances.
- 17.54.030 Conditional use permits.
- 17.54.040 Zoning, rezoning, zoning ordinance, and comprehensive plan amendments.
- 17.54.050 Certificate of occupancy.
- 17.54.060 Conflicts with other laws.
- 17.54.065 Owners signature required.
- 17.54.070 Penalties.
- 17.54.080 Procedures for historic preservation.
17.56 BP
Business Park District
Sections
- 17.56.010 General description.
- 17.56.020 Uses permitted.
- 17.56.030 Conditional use permits.
- 17.56.040 Design requirements.
- 17.56.050 Area regulations.
- 17.56.060 Height regulations.
- 17.56.070 Off-street parking and loading.
- 17.56.080 Screening requirements.
- 17.56.090 Landscaping.
- 17.56.100 Signs.
- 17.56.110 Flood fringe building district.
17.58 Airport
Zoning District
Sections
17.62 Fifth
Street Overlay Zoning District
Sections
- 17.62.010 General description.
- 17.62.020 Boundaries.
- 17.62.030 Area setback regulations.
- 17.62.040 Landscaping.
- 17.62.050 Screening.
- 17.62.060 Density.
- 17.62.070 Lighting.
- 17.62.080 Parking.
- 17.62.090 Streets.
- 17.62.100 Snow removal areas.
- 17.62.110 Garbage collection areas.
- 17.62.120 Planned development.
- 17.62.130 Planned commercial development.