20:01:03:05.  Clearance and drainage. Vehicle and livestock scales, except as provided in chapter 20:01:08, must have a four-foot minimum clearance measured from the bottom of the weighbridge I-beams to the top of the pit floor in order to get the footing below the frost line. Adequate drainage must be provided by installing a drain or sump in the pit floor near the scale pit entrance to keep water out of the pit.

          Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 8 SDR 44, effective October 27, 1981; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 16 SDR 84, effective November 9, 1989; 24 SDR 98, effective January 29, 1998.

          General Authority:SDCL 37-22-3.

          Law Implemented:SDCL 37-22-1, 37-22-3.

          Cross-Reference: Installation requirements for self-contained electronic and mechanical pitless scales, ch 20:01:08.