Rapid City, SD Historic Preservation: Historic-Cultural Monuments (2026)

358 (an alteration to a historic property, new construction on or near one, or demolition of one) that needs a permit to go through preservation review before the city issues that permit. Applicants first hold a pre-application conference with the Director, who explains the Secretary of Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Property and grant programs such as the Deadwood Fund Grant, then file a complete application with plans, elevations or photographs showing the project's impact. The Director can administratively approve a project with no adverse effect, but cannot administratively approve any demolition permit for a historic property.

Where a potential adverse effect exists, the project goes to the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for initial review, then to the Historic Preservation Commission for a public hearing, then back to SHPO for a final determination, and finally to the Director for approval or denial. 1. 080(G) exempts sign permits, projects needing no building permit, routine exterior maintenance, routine public infrastructure work and Building Official emergency orders. Owners of historic property or property in an established historic district also cannot let the property deteriorate through intentional neglect that damages or destroys its historic character; the Historic Preservation Commission can request a meeting to discuss restoring the property.