Minnehaha County imposes no annual night cap on short-term rentals. There is no county ordinance limiting the number of rental nights per year, no minimum stay, and no maximum stay. South Dakota has no statewide STR night-cap statute.
Unlike jurisdictions such as San Francisco (90-night unhosted cap) or Paris (120 nights), Minnehaha County has not adopted any rental-night maximum or minimum for short-term rentals. The county zoning ordinance does not distinguish between hosted and unhosted STR operations, does not require primary-residence operation, and does not require any annual reporting of rental nights. South Dakota state law similarly contains no STR night-cap framework — SDCL ch. 10-45D applies the tourism tax to all transient lodging under 28 days regardless of frequency, but does not cap the number of nights an owner may rent. The IRS 14-day rule (often called the "Augusta Rule," IRC § 280A(g)) is a federal income-tax safe harbor allowing untaxed rental of a personal residence for up to 14 days per year, but it is a tax shelter, not a local ordinance cap. Inside Sioux Falls city limits, hosts must check Sioux Falls Code Title 153 zoning separately for any city-level night limits.
No county penalty applies because no night-cap ordinance exists. Tax violations (failure to remit sales/tourism tax) remain enforceable under SDCL 10-45-48.1 regardless of rental-night count.
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