Rapid City, SD Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2015 Uniform Plumbing Code (SD State Plumbing Commission)
- License required
- State contractor's license plus city plumber's license
- Oversight
- Community Development Dept., Plumbing Inspector
- License issuance
- Issued by Building Official under RCMC Chapter 15.04
- Grease interceptors
- Required for food service, single-family homes exempt
Summary
Rapid City has adopted the 2015 Uniform Plumbing Code as adopted by the South Dakota State Plumbing Commission, and Section 15.24.050 makes it unlawful for anyone to work as a plumbing contractor or plumber in the city without both a valid state contractor's license and a city-issued plumber's license.
There is adopted by the city the 2015 Uniform Plumbing Code, as adopted by the South Dakota State Plumbing Commission. A copy of the same is on file in the office of the Community Development Department. ... It is unlawful for any person to conduct, carry on or engage in the business of plumbing or act in the capacity of a plumbing contractor without first having had issued to him or her a valid plumbing contractor’s license by the State of South Dakota. It is also unlawful for any person to labor at the trade of plumbing in the capacity of a plumbing contractor without first having had issued to him or her a valid plumber's license by the Building Official pursuant to Chapter 15.04.
Full Breakdown
030 designates as the department having jurisdiction over plumbing administration. 040 requires the city's Plumbing Inspector to work under the administrative supervision of the Building Official and the Director of Community Development and to have plumbing experience recognized by the State of South Dakota. 04. 04's general licensing procedure. 070, which requires grease, oil, and sand interceptors whenever the administrative authority finds them necessary to protect the building drainage system or public sewer, puts responsibility for a food establishment's grease interceptor on the Director of Public Works and the Building Official for design approval, and exempts single-family dwelling units from the grease interceptor requirement entirely.
Violations & Fines
Working as a plumbing contractor without the required state contractor's license, or laboring at the plumbing trade without the city-issued plumber's license from the Building Official, is unlawful under Section 15.24.050, and enforcement runs through the licensing and permitting procedures administered under Chapter 15.04.
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