Applications

• Application for Lake County - "All Districts" Plats or Replats
• Application for Lake County - "All Districts" Variances, Conditional Use, Rezoning
• Lake County Drainage Permit Application - New Drainage or Maintenance

Forms

• Lake County Check Sheet for Individual and Small On-Site Wastewater Systems
• Acknowledgement of Performing Drainage Work

Resources

• 2019 Building Permit Reports
• 2018 Building Permit Reports
• 2017 Building Permit Reports
• Platting Property in Lake County (FAQs): Requirements, Costs, Submittals, and Procedure
• Permit Costs and Fees

Plans and Ordinances

• Lake County Comprehensive Plan
• Lake County Zoning Ordinance
• Lake County Subdivision Regulations
• Lake County Drainage Plan
• Lake County Drainage Ordinance
• Lake County Nuisance Ordinance

DRAFT Zoning Ordinance

• DRAFT Lake County Zoning Ordinance - 11/7/17
  This DRAFT ordinance was provided to the Lake County Commission on 11/7/17 and the Planning Commission on 11/8/17. For the past year, Lake County and First District Association of Local Governments reviewed the county's existing zoning regulations. The focus of the review was to address shortcomings in existing rules and to further provide clarity to staff, planning commission, board of adjustment, and board of county commissioners. Staff did not review regulations regarding the complex issues of Wind Energy Systems or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations as they are specific policy areas that are topical and need significant amount of public discourse.
  
  Within the draft document, you will find bolded underlined language with a yellow highlight - that represents new language. Yellow highlighted strikeout language represents proposed deletions to existing language. Bolded underlined green highlighted language represents existing language moved to a different location. Green highlighted strikeout language represents language stricken from that section but retained din another section of the ordinance. Red language in the WES and CAFO sections were not reviewed.
  
  Going forward, staff recommends that the Planning Commission and County Commission take time to review staff recommendations. In the next 4-8 weeks, staff hopes to schedule a meeting to address questions regarding the proposed changes and eventually begin a public hearing adoption process. Please note, this is a DRAFT only - absolutely anything can be changed at this point - it is just a place to start the discussion.

Important Links

• SD DENR
• National Flood Insurance
• FEMA Flood Maps
• Flood Smart