19-1-108. PURPOSE.

The Council hereby declares it to be in the public interest that all uses of land, whether trust or nontrust land, by enrolled tribal members and nonmembers be regulated as provided by this Chapter in order to:

1. Encourage only environmentally sound use of Reservation land and resources;
2. Protect the sacred, cultural, social and economic stability of residential, agricultural, commercial, industrial, forest, wildlife, and environmentally sensitive lands, water resources, and other areas within the Rosebud Reservation, and to assure the orderly use of such areas;
3. Prevent the menace to the public safety resulting from the improper location of buildings and land uses; and
4. Otherwise promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare in accordance with the treaty rights reserved by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.