Sioux Falls Property Maintenance Code (IPMC 2021 as adopted) Section 302.4 caps non-woody plants on residential premises at 8 inches. Taller grass, lawn weeds, and rank vegetation are deemed nuisance vegetation enforced by the city's Code Enforcement division. Cultivated gardens, designated native/prairie planting areas, and crop or pasture land are exempt.
Under Sioux Falls's locally amended IPMC 2021 Section 302.4 (Weeds), exterior premises must be kept free of (a) state-designated noxious weeds under SDCL Chapter 38-22 (e.g., Canada thistle, leafy spurge, purple loosestrife, hoary cress, perennial sow thistle, salt cedar, absinth wormwood), (b) locally noxious weeds declared by Minnehaha/Lincoln county weed boards, and (c) all other non-woody plants exceeding 8 inches in height. Exemptions include cultivated flower beds, fruit/vegetable gardens, agricultural crops, livestock pastures, wildflower display gardens, rural-section road rights-of-way, and areas formally designated by the Parks and Recreation director as natural or native planting areas. On unimproved development tracts a 25-foot mowed buffer along the right-of-way and 12-foot buffer along occupied neighboring property must still be maintained. The city posts complaint-driven nuisance notices through siouxfalls.gov code enforcement.
After a notice is issued the property owner has a short cure window (per Section 302.4.1, two days after final publication of notice) to mow or remove the vegetation. Non-compliance triggers a $100 citation, plus the city may enter the property to cut, spray, or remove vegetation and bill the cost to the owner. Unpaid charges become a special assessment lien against the parcel under SDCL Chapter 9-32 nuisance-abatement authority.
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