Fire Regulations in Lincoln County, SD (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated Lincoln County, South Dakota.
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Fire Pits & Backyard Fires
Unincorporated Lincoln County, South Dakota requires anyone burning outdoors to first notify the county's Communications Director of the location and time, and to keep the fire attended, under Code § 90.02(E)'s careless-burning nuisance. Fires in a 55-gallon barrel or smaller are exempt from the notification and attendance rule.
Lincoln County, SD Careless Burning Rule
Some RestrictionsLincoln County Code § 90.02(E)
(E) Careless burning. Burning within any unincorporated area of the county without first contacting the county’s Communications Director to notify that agency of the specific location and exact time of any burning activity. Burning in such manner or without reasonable safeguards to prevent sparks, flames, hot ashes, or embers from escaping from any open fire or fire container which could resu...
Fireworks
Selling fireworks anywhere in unincorporated Lincoln County, South Dakota requires a conditional use permit from the Planning Commission, not a by-right zoning approval. In the A-1 Agricultural District, § 154.058(J) caps a fireworks sales conditional use at nine days, while the C Commercial District requires sales to run from a permanent building once operations exceed nine days.
Fireworks Sales Conditional Use, Lincoln County SD
Significant RestrictionsLincoln County Code § 154.058(J); § 154.375; § 154.377
A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in the A-1 Agricultural District if a conditional use has been obtained in conformance with the requirements of §§ 154.375 through 154.386: ... (J) Fireworks sales, provided the length of sales does not exceed nine days; ... The Planning Commission may authorize by conditional use permit the uses designated in this chapter when locat...
Outdoor Burning
Unincorporated Lincoln County, South Dakota lets the Board of County Commissioners declare a fire danger emergency by resolution and prohibit open burning countywide under Code § 90.02(D). Burning in defiance of that resolution, or otherwise casting off a burning substance during the emergency, is a declared nuisance enforced under the chapter's Class 2 misdemeanor penalty.
Lincoln County, SD Burn Ban Authority Rule
Significant RestrictionsLincoln County Code § 90.02(D)
(D) Burning during a fire danger emergency. Burning of any substance, whether natural or human-made, or the intentional casting off of any burning substance, natural or human-made, within any incorporated area of the county during a fire danger emergency. For the purpose of this division (D), the Board of County Commissioners may declare, by resolution, a fire danger emergency at any time of ...
Smoke Detectors
Lincoln County, South Dakota requires smoke alarms in every sleeping room, outside each separate sleeping area, and on every additional story of a dwelling, including basements and habitable attics, under Lincoln County Code § 151.33's adoption of 2018 IRC R314.3. Where more than one alarm is required in a dwelling unit, R314.4 requires the alarms to be interconnected so that one activated alarm sounds every alarm in the unit.
Smoke Alarm Rules in Lincoln County, SD
Some RestrictionsLincoln County Code § 151.33 (IRC R314.3, R314.4)
R314.3 Location. Smoke alarms shall be installed in the following locations: 1. In each sleeping room. 2. Outside each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms. 3. On each additional story of the dwelling, including basements and habitable attics and not including crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics. ... R314.4 Interconnection. Where more than one smoke alarm is requir...
Propane Storage
Within the Water Source Protection Overlay District that Lincoln County, South Dakota superimposes over wellhead areas in the Sioux Falls Joint Zoning Jurisdiction, tanks storing a regulated substance must meet strict double-wall construction, leak-detection and secondary-containment standards, but propane tanks are expressly exempt from every one of those requirements under § 155.133(A)(10).
Propane Tank Rules in Lincoln County, SD
Few RestrictionsLincoln County Code §§ 155.130(A), (C), 155.133(A)(8), (10)
This district is intended to preserve the quality and quantity of the area's water resources so as to ensure a safe and adequate supply of drinking water for present and future generations. Restrictions shall apply to land use activities which have the potential to contaminate water resources, including aquifers and wellhead sites currently in use and those having the potential for future use a...
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