61:33:01:07.  Authorized commercial campground campfires. A campground or summer camp campfire permitted under this chapter must have:

    (1)  A three-foot-wide-minimum ring around the outdoor fire pit, outdoor fireplace, or campfire ring that is scraped down to bare mineral soil or consists of a concrete, gravel, or sand apron;

    (2)  A two-foot radius ring of vegetation clipped or mowed to less than three inches in height and maintained around the three-foot-wide ring;

    (3)  An outdoor fire pit, outdoor fireplace, or campfire ring with sidewalls at least ten inches in height, unless it is mounted on a single post or is a manufactured, seamless ring of at least seven inches; and

    (4)  All overhead tree branches at least ten feet above the outdoor fire pit, outdoor fireplace, or campfire ring.

    Source: 50 SDR 47, effective October 16, 2023.

    General Authority: SDCL 34-35-19.

    Law Implemented: SDCL 34-35-16, 34-35-17.