{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-11-2-12","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 11-2-12","heading":"Purposes of comprehensive county plan.","body":"The comprehensive plan shall be for the purpose of protecting and guiding the physical, social, economic, and environmental development of the county; to protect the tax base; to encourage a distribution of population or mode of land utilization that will facilitate the economical and adequate provisions of transportation, roads, water supply, drainage, sanitation, education, recreation, or other public requirements; to lessen governmental expenditure; and to conserve and develop natural resources.","path":["TITLE 11. PLANNING, ZONING AND HOUSING PROGRAMS","CHAPTER 11-2. COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/11-2-12","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"dc03f4b67ce0d071465465e45d8d2f18ad7c94287fdc8077bd0c0a73cf395794","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-11-2-11","next":"us-sd/sdcl-11-2-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}