Business Licensing & Operations in Lincoln County, SD (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Lincoln County, South Dakota.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Lincoln County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Adult Entertainment
In the Lincoln County/Sioux Falls Joint Zoning Jurisdiction covering unincorporated Lincoln County, South Dakota, § 155.141 bars an adult bookstore, adult theater, adult photo studio or other adult-entertainment use from locating within 1,000 feet of a residential district, church, school or public park, and caps concentrations of adult uses, bars and liquor stores to no more than two within 1,000 feet of each other.
Adult Business Spacing in Lincoln County, SD
Significant RestrictionsLincoln County Code § 155.141(A)-(C)
(A) None of the following permitted uses may be established, operated, or maintained within 1,000 feet of a residential district, a church, a school meeting all the requirements of the Compulsory Education Laws of the State of South Dakota, or a public park. (1) Adult bookstore. (2) Adult theater. (3) Adult photo studio. (4) Any use which has as a part of its operation adult entertain...
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