Ordinance Builder

Choose a standard for each of the 52 criteria in the Tracker Standard, and download a draft ordinance. Local officials can use it to prepare an ordinance for their attorney and planning commission, and residents can use it to propose ordinance language to their county, city, or town. To start from your local government’s current ordinance, find its page and select Strengthen This Ordinance.

South Dakota edition, first draft. The model language was adapted on November 11, 2026 from the Pennsylvania edition of this builder, and its Pennsylvania citations were replaced with South Dakota or general references. It has not yet been reviewed by a South Dakota attorney, and it is not legal advice. Every draft must be reviewed by your county or city attorney and go through the planning commission hearing and the governing body hearing that South Dakota law requires.

1Your Local Government

Check a current ordinance Optional. Shows a gap report and starts from its standards.

Local Government name Type

County

2Choose Your Standards

Start From Scratch clears every choice, so each criterion starts as Leave this out and you pick each standard yourself.

Legal notes for South Dakota have not been written yet. Review every choice with your county or city attorney, including any that touch electricity costs, which state law and the Public Utilities Commission govern.

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Drafting notes Which adopted ordinance each standard is based on, and points to raise with your attorney

Draft Ordinance

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