50:02:03:01Definitions.

The following definitions apply to this chapter: (1) "Rural address," a numerical location number and thoroughfare name or thoroughfare number assigned to each location within the unincorporated area of a county; (2) "South Dakota Rural Addressing Grid System Reference" or "GSR," the document which designates the numerical assignments to all section lines in South Dakota; (3) "South Dakota Rural Addressing Procedural Handbook," the document establishing standards and procedures to be followed in rural addressing; (4) "Firenumbering system," a system of assigning an alphanumeric designator to each location within a fire department's coverage area and specifying the location of this number on a map; (5) "Thoroughfare," a course or way of travel from one place to another; (6) "Cul-de-sac," a thoroughfare closed at one end and 500 feet long or less; (7) "Dead end," a thoroughfare closed at one end and more than 500 feet long; (8) "Grid line," a section line given a thoroughfare number in the GSR; and (9) "Lot," a parcel of land, one side of which measures 1/50th of the length of one side of a section.

Source: 19 SDR 108, effective January 24, 1993.