BITS AND PIECES OF CITY ORDINANCES THAT APPLY TO OUR EVERYDAY LIVES

Wards. The boundaries of the voting wards and precincts in the City of Volga. Ward One: All that part of the City of Volga lying North of 5th Street, South of Highway 14 and West of Hansina Avenue. Ward Two: All that part of the City of Volga lying North of Highway 14, East of Hansina Avenue and North of 5th Street from Hansina Avenue East. Ward Three: All that portion of the City of Volga lying South of 5th Street. Voting Precincts-All the wards of the City shall constitute one polling precinct for municipal purposes.

Prohibited night parking during snow removal. In the event of two inches or more of snowfall in the City of Volga, it shall be unlawful for the driver or owner of any motor vehicle, trailer or implement to park or leave standing or permit to be parked or left standing any motor vehicle, trailer or implement on any street, avenue or alley in the City between the hours of 1:00 o’clock AM and 7:00 o’clock AM from November 15 to April 1. Parking may not be resumed during said hours until said streets have been cleaned of snow from curb to curb.

Speed Limits-Generally Zones within the City of Volga. The speed limit in the City of Volga is hereby established to be twenty-five (25) miles per hour unless appropriate official traffic signs are erected indicating otherwise.

School Zone Speed Limits. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive any vehicle at a speed greater than fifteen (15) miles per hour through any school zone as may be marked or designated by official traffic signs within the city during the hours as may be indicated on the signs or otherwise at any time when children are present in such zones

Pet License Required. It shall be unlawful for any person within the city to keep, maintain or have in their custody or under their control, any dog or cat which is over the age of three (3) months, without first having obtained a license for the dog or cat from the city finance office.

Any person desiring to keep, maintain or have in their custody or control within the city, any dog or cat, shall on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year make application to the city finance office or an authorized agent for a license to keep such dog or cat. Such application shall be in writing, stating the name, sex, color and other distinguishing characteristics (e.g., whether the dog or cat is neutered) of said dog or cat and the name of the owner thereof, which application shall be made on a printed form furnished by the city finance officer or an authorized agent and shall be filed with the city finance officer or with an authorized agent.

Rabies vaccination required. No dog or cat license tag shall be issued to any owner or person in possession of any dog or cat who does not present to the city finance officer or an authorized agent at the time of making application for such license, a certificate of vaccination against rabies by a veterinarian duly licensed to practice veterinary medicine within any state. The certificate must show the date of such vaccination and must state the period of time for which the dog or cat is effectively immunized, which period of immunization shall be for at least one (1) year from the date of issuance of the license tag.

License fee. Before any license may be issued under the provisions of this chapter, the applicant shall pay to the city finance office or an authorized agent a fee for each dog or cat to be licensed. The annual fee for said license shall be Five ($5.00) Dollars for each neutered dog or cat and Ten ($10.00) Dollars for each unneutered dog or cat.

Sale of Malt Beverages. No malt beverage or on-sale liquor license or establishment may sell, serve or allow to be consumed on the premises covered by the license, any malt beverage or alcoholic beverage between the hours of two o’clock AM and seven o’clock AM, or on Sunday after two o’clock AM, or on Memorial Day after one o’clock AM, or at any time on Christmas Day. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Public Nuisances-A building or premises which constitutes a public nuisance: buildings which are abandoned; deteriorating buildings; broken windows, etc.; overgrown vegetation; dead, decayed or diseased trees, etc.; trash & junk visible from a public alley, street or adjoining premises; abandoned, unlicensed, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles; deteriorating building exteriors, walls, fences, driveways or walkways. Any like and similar condition or conditions.

Building Permits Required. A building permit shall be obtained from the zoning officer for any of the following: 1. Occupancy and use of a building hereafter constructed, enlarged, relocated, reconstructed or altered. 2. Any change in the use of an existing building. 3. Occupancy and use of vacant land or change in the use of land except for an agricultural use consisting primarily of tilling the soil.

Golf Cart Permit. Golf cart, means a four wheeled vehicle originally and specifically designed and intended to transport one or more individuals and golf clubs for the purpose of playing the game of golf on a golf course. The City of Volga permits the use of golf carts on the municipal streets and highways of the City of Volga. Subject to the following: The golf cart is to be insured as provided in SDCL Chapter 32-35. The person operating the golf cart shall hold a driver license as defined by SDCL 32-12-1. The person operating the golf cart shall obtain an annual permit from the City of Volga to operate the golf cart on municipal streets; the fee for said permit shall be $25.00. Highway crossing no person may operate a golf cart on a state or county highway within the City except for crossing from one side of the highway to the other. A golf cart may cross the highway at a right angle, but only after stopping and yielding the right-of-way to all approaching traffic, and crossing as closely as possible to an intersection or approach.

Prohibited-parking in residential districts. It shall be unlawful for the driver, operator or owner to park a bus, semi or road tractor, farm tractor, trailers of any size, boat, boat trailer, camper or motor home, farm equipment, construction equipment or recreational vehicle on a street in a residential district between the hours of 11:00 P.M. to 5:00 A. M. This section does not prohibit the parking of commercially licensed vehicles or trailers which are used by owners, operators or drivers who are actively working within the block where the vehicle is parked but do not reside in said block. For purposes of this ordinance, a recreational vehicle is a vehicular portable structure built on a chassis designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, permanently identified as “travel trailer” by the manufacturer of the trailer. At no time shall a semi trailer be parked or left standing in or adjacent to a residential zoned area or where otherwise prohibited by an official sign or marking, with the exception of those semi trailers actively engaged in pick-up or delivery within the block where the semi trailer is parked.