SDCL § 11-2-47.3: Special zoning area commission member appointment--Terms--Removal.

The term of each of the appointed members of the special zoning area commission shall be for three to five years as the board of county commissioners may provide. However, when the special zoning area commission is first appointed, the lengths of the terms shall be varied so that no more than one-third of the terms expire in the same year. Any appointed member of the special zoning area commission may be removed for cause, after hearing prior to the expiration of the term by a majority vote of the elected members of the board of county commissioners. Administrative officials of the county may be appointed as ex officio members of the special zoning area commission.