Sioux Falls, SD Landscaping Rules: Native Plants (2026)

The 8-inch restriction on non-woody plants does not apply to cultivated flowers and fruit and vegetable gardens, vegetation being grown as a crop, livestock pastures, wildflower display gardens, rights-of-way of rural section roads, vegetation designated by the director of Sioux Falls parks and recreation as a natural area or native planting area, or unimproved developments, except for a 25-foot mowed buffer adjacent to the right-of-way and except for a 12-foot buffer from an occupied property. 302.4.1 Duty to correct. The occupant, person in charge, or owner of any lot or parcel of land in the city shall keep such lot, to include any abutting city right-of-way except as provided herein, free of such nuisance vegetation by cutting, spraying, or removal, as may be appropriate. The code official has the authority to require compliance with this article on all property. The code official shall cause public notice to be given requiring all lots or parcels of land in the city to be kept free from all vegetation declared by Sub-section 302.4 to be a nuisance. Upon failure of the owner or owner’s authorized agent having charge of a property to cut and destroy weeds after service of a notice, the owner or owner’s authorized agent shall be subject to administrative citations in accordance with Title III, Chapter 40, Administrative Code Enforcement, of the Code of Ordinances of Sioux Falls, SD. The notice shall provide that all vegetation determined to be a nuisance and