Minnehaha County's Article 12.03 limits on-premises sale of products to 'limited and incidental' activity for Minor Home Occupations. Regular customer traffic, walk-in clientele, and delivery vehicles push the activity into Major Home Occupation status, which requires a Conditional Use Permit under Article 19.00 that typically imposes hours-of-operation, parking and traffic-mitigation conditions.
The county's stated home-occupation policy is that 'there shall be only limited and incidental sale of products conducted on the premise' (Planning & Zoning FAQ, Article 12.03). Routine on-site customer visits, scheduled appointments with non-residents, or commercial deliveries beyond normal residential service are not permitted under the Minor Home Occupation standard. To accommodate customer traffic, the operator must apply for a Major Home Occupation Conditional Use Permit, at which point the County Board of Adjustment under Article 19.00 evaluates traffic impacts, neighbor-notification, parking adequacy, and may impose hours-of-operation, off-street parking, and ingress/egress conditions. The conditional use review specifically considers compatibility with the residential character of the neighborhood. Inside incorporated municipalities, customer-traffic rules are set by the city's zoning ordinance, not the county.
Operating a home occupation that generates regular customer traffic without an approved Major Home Occupation CUP is a Class 2 misdemeanor under SDCL 11-2-35 and may be abated through county code enforcement.
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