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Ordinances
City Ordinances are municipal laws enacted by local government officials. They cover city-specific matters not already addressed by state & federal laws.
Updates to City of Freeman Ordinances in 2024
Ordinance 2024-01 | Flood Damage Prevention | Effective April 18, 2024
Ordinance 2024-02 | Supplemental Appropriation to the Budget | Effective June 20, 2024
Ordinance 2024-03 | Budget | Effective October 3, 2024
Ordinance 2024-04 | Supplemental Appropriation to the Budget | Effective November 14, 2024
Ordinance 2024-05 | Sewer Rates | Effective January 16, 2025
Ordinance 2024-06 | Water Connection Fees | Effective January 16, 2025
Ordinance 2024-07 | Sewer Connection Fees | Effective January 16, 2025
Resolution 2024-02 | Amending Water Rates | Effective June 1, 2024
Resolution 2024-03 | City Attorney Agreement | Effective May 7, 2024
Resolution 2024-05 | Amending Refuse Rates | Effective January 1, 2025
Updates to City of Freeman Ordinances in 2023
Ordinance 2023-01 | Supplemental Appropriation to the Budget | Effective June 14, 2023
Ordinance 2023-02 | Police Residency | Effective August 2, 2023
Ordinance 2023-03 | Golf Carts | Effective August 2, 2023
Ordinance 2023-04 | Bond Schedule | Effective August 16, 2023
Ordinance 2023-05 | Parking and Stopping | Effective October 4, 2023
Ordinance 2023-06 | Bond Schedule | Effective October 4, 2023
Ordinance 2023-07 | Water Rates | Effective January 1, 2024
Ordinance 2023-08 | Supplemental Appropriation to the Budget | Effective December 20, 2023
Updates to City of Freeman Ordinances in 2022
Ordinance 2022-01 | Residential Sewer Rates | Effective March 15, 2022
Ordinance 2022-02 | Commercial Sewer Rates | Effective March 15, 2022
Ordinance 2022-03 | Industrial Sewer Rates | Effective March 15, 2022
Ordinance 2022-04 | Wards of the City of Freeman | Effective March 15, 2022 | Ward Map
Ordinance 2022-05 | Unhealthful Vegetation | Effective September 14, 2022
Ordinance 2022-06 | Refuse Rates | Effective September 14, 2022
Ordinance 2022-07 | Budget | Effective October 5, 2022
Ordinance 2022-08 | Seventy-Two Hour Parking | Effective October 5, 2022
Ordinance 2022-09 | Water Rates | Effective November 2, 2022
Resolution 2022-01 | Sales Tax Bond | Effective April 27, 2022
Updates to City of Freeman Ordinances in 2021
Ordinance 2021-01 | Supplemental Appropriation to the Budget | Effective February 17, 2021
Ordinance 2021-02 | Supplemental Appropriation to the Budget | Effective February 17, 2021
Ordinance 2021-03 | Municipal Sales Tax | Effective July 1, 2021
Ordinance 2021-03 | Overview of Services Taxed at 1% | Effective July 1, 2021
Ordinance 2021-04 Fencing Ordinance | Effective June 2, 2021
Ordinance 2021-06 | Water Deposit | Effective June 30, 2021
Ordinance 2021-07 | Meetings of the Council | Effective June 30, 2021
Ordinance 2021-08 | Council Committees | Effective July 14, 2021
Ordinance 2021-09 | Medical Cannabis Ordinance | Effective July 14, 2021
Ordinance 2021-10 | Parking on Private Property Ordinance | Effective August 25, 2021
Ordinance 2021-11 | Repeal of Former Fencing Ordinance | Effective August 4, 2021
Ordinance 2021-12 | Parallel Parking | Effective August 25, 2021
Ordinance 2021-13 | Cannabis | Effective October 5, 2021
Ordinance 2021-14 | Budget | Effective September 30, 2021
Ordinance 2021-15 | Speed | Effective November 17, 2021
City of Freeman Ordinances | Updated November 2020 Please note that ordinance changes effective in 2021 & 2022 are individually linked above & are not yet reflected within this compilation. This document is the compilation of ordinances in effect in the City of Freeman through November of 2020. Links within this document will take you to the specific sections. While the original document went into effect on January 16, 1990, individual ordinances have since been updated via council action & are dated as such.
These are additional zoning ordinances adopted in August of 1999, and amended January of 2017. This document also includes the 2020 updated version of our zoning map.
Appendix B: Designated Mailbox Sites
In addition to the option to rent a post office box at the Freeman Post Office, City Ordinance 6.0610 allows for limited placement of mailboxes within the City of Freeman, as designated by this map. Contact the Freeman Post Office at 605.925.7386 during business hours to make arrangements for a mailbox.
Subdivision Ordinances
This is the official subdivision ordinance for the City of Freeman.
Planning and Zoning
Planning and Zoning Committee
Clifford "Lonnie" Tjaden
Zoning Administrator
Reno Huber, Penny Smidt, Janver Stucky, Steve "Charly" Waltner, Charles Gering
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A building permit is required for the following:
New construction
Addition to existing building or structure
Moving any building or structure from or into the City of Freeman
Changed use of property
Demolition of building or structure
New sidewalks
Structures include - but are not limited to - the following: houses, garages, decks, sheds, & fences