Sioux Falls Finance prefers Energy Star equipment, recycled-content paper, and EPEAT-rated electronics in city contracts, but vendor preferences are advisory and do not bind private buyers under SD bid law.
Under Ch. 36 finance rules, departments are encouraged to specify environmentally preferable products when cost-competitive: Energy Star HVAC, EPEAT bronze-or-better computers, and minimum 30 percent post-consumer paper. Public Works fleet purchases consider hybrid options. South Dakota's competitive bidding statute under SDCL 5-18A requires lowest responsible bidder, so sustainability is a tiebreaker rather than a mandate. Sioux Falls School District and Avera follow parallel internal policies. Private businesses face no procurement requirement; LEED certification on private projects is voluntary.
There are no penalties; departments missing sustainability targets face only internal reporting follow-up from the Sustainability Coordinator and quarterly progress reviews.
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Sioux Falls enforces a juvenile curfew under Code Chapter 134 (Minors), § 134.001. No minor under age 18 may be on public streets, alleys, parks, playgrounds...
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Sioux Falls Code § 93.008 prohibits operating a motor vehicle unless its exhaust system is free from defects, fitted with a muffler/noise-dissipative device,...
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Outdoor amplified music in Sioux Falls is subject to Chapter 93 use-district limits unless a special permit is obtained. The Main Street Sioux Falls Business...
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Sioux Falls Code § 93.003 sets maximum sound pressure levels at the property boundary: 60 dBA daytime / 55 dBA nighttime in residential use districts and 65 ...
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Aircraft-in-flight noise is preempted by federal law (FAA / 49 U.S.C. § 40103 navigable airspace) and is NOT regulated by Sioux Falls Code Chapter 93. Joe Fo...
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Sioux Falls treats abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperable vehicles as nuisances under § 93.026 of the City Code. On public streets, removal proceeds u...
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