Sioux Falls, SD Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Daily visit cap
- 4 clients/customers per day
- Applies in
- RT-1, RT-2 (DD3 form)
- Merchandise sales on-site
- Not allowed
- Workers allowed
- Immediate family residents only
- Permit required
- Yes, zoning permit
Summary
Sioux Falls limits home occupations to four client or customer visits per day and bars any extra off-street parking for them.
Home occupations are those secondary uses allowed on the premises in conjunction with the following: ... H. No merchandise, including samples, can be sold on the premises. I. The business will generate no more than four visits per day from clients or customers.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-135: Current through local ordinance 54-26, passed 7-14-2026).
Full Breakdown
Under the DD3 (Detached Dwelling. Traditional) form rules that cover Sioux Falls's standard single-family RT-1 and RT-2 districts, a home occupation cannot generate more than four visits per day from clients or customers. No merchandise or samples may be sold on site, only immediate family members living in the home can work in the business, and the space can't have its own outside entrance. A zoning permit is required before operating. Go over the four-visit cap and the city can pull the permit or cite the property for a zoning violation.
Violations & Fines
Zoning code violation; the city can revoke the home-occupation zoning permit and order the business use stopped until it complies.
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