Unless necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or unless a police officer or official traffic control device has so directed, no person may stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:

(1) In front of a public or private driveway;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 32-30-6

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Petty offense: A federal misdemeanor punishable by six months or less in prison. Source: U.S. Courts

(2) Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant;

(3) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

(4) Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing signals, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;

(5) Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventyfive feet of said entrance when properly signposted;

(6) At any place where official signs prohibit standing.

A violation of this section is a petty offense.

Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0325; SL 1970, ch 175, § 30; SL 1989, ch 255, § 209.