6 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
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Minnehaha County Ordinance MC17-91, Sections 2.03 and 2.04, require every residential and commercial property in the unincorporated county to use a licensed commercial garbage hauler with collection performed at minimum once per week. Burning of solid waste or recyclables is prohibited, and all disposal must be at a properly permitted solid waste facility (the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill is the operative facility). Within the cities of Sioux Falls, Brandon, Hartford, Dell Rapids and the other incorporated municipalities, each city's own ordinance and contracted hauler (or city sanitation department) governs.
Minnehaha County Ordinance MC17-91 does not prescribe specific cart or dumpster set-out times, distances from the curb, or screening rules for unincorporated properties. The closest county-level requirements are in Section 8.01 (collection vehicles and containers must be enclosed, leak-proof and prevent spillage during transport) and Article 12 (each licensed hauler must list its containers and demonstrate they meet ordinance requirements). Day-to-day cart placement, screening and animal-proofing rules are set by each licensed hauler's service agreement and by the property's own zoning category under the Minnehaha County Zoning Ordinance. Cities within the county (Sioux Falls, Brandon, Hartford, Dell Rapids) impose their own municipal cart placement and screening rules separately.
Minnehaha County does not run a separate bulk-pickup program. Residents in unincorporated areas dispose of large items (furniture, mattresses, appliances) either through extra-pickup arrangements with their licensed commercial hauler or by self-hauling to the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill (the only state-permitted operating sanitary landfill in the county per MC17-91 §5.01). MC17-91 §2.03 requires all such disposal to occur at a properly permitted solid waste facility, and Sioux Falls landfill bans (white goods with refrigerants, electronics, tires in some quantities) apply countywide because the Sioux Falls site is the receiving facility: '§2.03… All residential solid wastes targeted for disposal at the Sioux Falls Regional Landfill shall comply with any landfill bans imposed by the city of Sioux Falls.'
Minnehaha County Ordinance MC17-91 requires both residential and commercial properties in unincorporated areas to source-separate recyclable materials before pickup and prohibits depositing those recyclables at the sanitary landfill. Recyclables are defined to include paper and paper products, corrugated cardboard, plastic containers, and metal (aluminum, tin, steel) containers. Every licensed commercial hauler must provide recycling collection service to its customers and must publish a fee structure 'designed to promote waste reduction and recycling.'
Minnehaha County Ordinance MC17-91 §11.02 specifically penalizes illegal dumping: any person who deposits solid waste on any public or private lands in a manner not specifically permitted by the ordinance faces up to a $200 fine, 30 days in jail, or both, with each day a separate offense. State law layers on graduated penalties: SDCL 34A-6-87 makes dumping 10 to 2,000 pounds a Class 1 misdemeanor (up to 1 year jail / $2,000 fine) and knowingly dumping over 2,000 pounds a Class 6 felony (up to 2 years prison / $4,000 fine). Disposal under 10 pounds is prosecuted as littering under SDCL Chapter 34A-7.
Minnehaha County Ordinance MC17-91 treats yard waste as 'rubble' (the §1.06 definition of rubble includes 'tree branches, or similar material') and does not require its separate collection. In practice, yard waste from unincorporated and city residents is diverted at the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill, which accepts leaves, grass clippings and branches year-round and operates two seasonal leaf-drop sites each fall (mid-October through Thanksgiving). The landfill composts the material and offers the finished compost free to county residents. Burning of yard waste is not specifically prohibited by MC17-91 (§2.03's burn ban applies to 'residential solid waste or residential recyclables'), but open-burning of refuse remains subject to SD DANR air-quality rules and any city-specific bans.
1 cities in Minnehaha County have their own trash & recycling rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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