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Application to dams constructed before January 1, 1990--Owner and family sole residents--Determination of flood plain

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SD Code › Title 46 › Chapter 7 › Section 46-7-5.5

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The provisions of §§ 46-7-5.4 to 46-7-5.11 , inclusive, only apply to privately owned high-hazard dams constructed before January 1, 1990, if the owner and the owner's immediate family are the only persons residing below the dam within the flood plain. The chief engineer shall determine the flood plain.

Source: SL 1990, ch 357, § 3; SL 2011, ch 165, § 281.

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