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Administrative overview · FIPS 46025

Clark County permit authority

The first compliance decision is jurisdictional: identify the office with statutory authority over your parcel, then use its filing and inspection sequence to keep the project moving.

Jurisdictional status

County

This county profile is the primary starting point for unincorporated-area permitting.

Responsible agency

Clark County Planning and Zoning

For a project in or near Clark County, this office is the identified point of contact for permit intake, statutory code enforcement, plan review coordination, and inspection release conditions. Confirm the parcel’s boundary and project type before relying on the county lane.

Direct contact

605-532-3751

Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.

Permit counter

Clark County Planning and Zoning, Clark County Courthouse, 2nd Floor, 200 N. Commercial Street, Clark, SD 57225

Operating hours

Operating hours not verified

Review expectation

N/A. No routine building-permit review time is published. A conditional-use permit expires two years after becoming effective if related construction is not completed; the Board of Adjustment may grant one one-year extension upon a timely written request.

Compliance workbench

Choose the next project decision.

Source trail

Official sources for this profile

Use these direct agency or licensing links to confirm current instructions before you file, pay, or schedule work. External pages control if their information differs from this directory.

Project questions

Frequently asked questions for Clark County

Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?

Clark County Planning and Zoning is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.

How should I begin an application?

No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact 605-532-3751 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.

How long might review take?

N/A. No routine building-permit review time is published. A conditional-use permit expires two years after becoming effective if related construction is not completed; the Board of Adjustment may grant one one-year extension upon a timely written request.

How are inspections scheduled?

Call Planning and Zoning Officer Jarvis Reidburn at 605-532-3751 before construction and to arrange any county review. The county's application language authorizes county representatives to enter the property for inspection and assessment, but no public inspection sequence or online scheduler is published.

Which codes and exemptions should I review?

N/A. Clark County publishes and administers zoning/building approvals for land use, location, setbacks, and related county regulations, but no specific county-adopted IBC or IRC edition or structural-code inspection program was identified. State electrical and plumbing requirements remain separate. The zoning ordinance applies to unincorporated Clark County. It allows ordinary repairs and replacement of non-bearing walls, fixtures, wiring, or plumbing on a lawful nonconforming structure when the work does not increase the nonconformity; it does not publish a general size-based shed or cosmetic-work permit exemption list. Incorporated municipalities administer their own land-use jurisdiction.

Before contacting the permit counter

Have the project facts ready.

A productive call starts with a clear description of the property and proposed work. Keep the site address, parcel or assessor number, project valuation, existing occupancy, approximate square footage, structural scope, contractor information, and desired start date in front of you. Those facts help the Authority Having Jurisdiction route the question to building, planning, fire, environmental health, or another reviewing discipline.

Questions worth asking

  • • Is the parcel inside an incorporated city or county service area?
  • • Does this scope require building, trade, zoning, fire, or site permits?
  • • What plans and supporting documents make the submittal complete?
  • • How much lead time is needed for each inspection?