11-6-26. Subdivisions outside municipal corporate limits not approved pursuant to § 11-3-6. The following provisions apply to all subdivisions of land that are not approved pursuant to § 11-3-6, and are located outside of municipal corporate limits:

(1) A municipality may elect to approve subdivision plats outside of but not exceeding three miles from its corporate limits, and not located in any other municipality;

(2) A municipality shall adopt a comprehensive plan and a major street plan that identifies the unincorporated area to be governed by municipal platting authority. A major street plan is defined as a document that consists of a map or written narrative, or both, of a municipality's future collector and arterial streets that are incorporated as a part of a municipality's comprehensive plan or as a stand-alone document that has been approved in accordance with the provisions of §§ 11-6-17 to 11-6-18.2, inclusive;

(3) A copy of the adopted comprehensive plan and major street plan shall be forwarded to the county commissioners through the office of the county auditor or clerk in which the municipality is located;

(4) After the comprehensive plan and major street plan is adopted and before approving plats outside municipal limits, the municipality shall adopt a subdivision ordinance that will govern the area outside municipal limits. The ordinance shall be adopted according to the provisions of § 11-6-27 and shall incorporate a platting jurisdiction boundary map or text description of the area to be governed;

(5) Subdivision plats may not be filed or recorded unless the plat has the recommendation of the city planning and zoning commission within sixty days of submission, and the approval of the city council;

(6) For lands located outside of and within three miles of more than one municipality, the jurisdiction of each municipality terminates at a boundary line equidistant from the corporate limits of the municipalities unless otherwise agreed to by a majority vote of the governing body of each such municipality.Source: SL 1949, ch 198, § 11; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.3311; SL 1966, ch 145; SL 1975, ch 116, § 16; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2000, ch 69, § 65; SL 2011, ch 71, § 1; SL 2012, ch 54, § 4.