Sioux Falls does not impose any annual cap on the number of nights a short-term rental may operate. There is no "primary residence only," no "90 nights per calendar year," and no minimum-stay-length requirement at the city level. South Dakota state law (SDCL Title 10) does not impose night-count limits either. The only constraints on operating frequency are the underlying zoning use (single-family residential in most R districts) and any applicable HOA or restrictive-covenant rules, which are private — not municipal — restrictions.
Sioux Falls's Code Title 153 (Zoning, under the Shape Sioux Falls 2040 framework) does not enumerate short-term rental as a separately regulated land use with a maximum number of rental nights per year. The city has not adopted a "hosted vs. non-hosted" distinction, a "primary residence" requirement, or any annual cap of the kind seen in San Francisco (90 nights), Boston (in-residence requirement), or Portland (270 nights). South Dakota's home-rule statute (SDCL Ch. 6-12) and general police-power statute (SDCL § 9-29-1) would authorize Sioux Falls to enact such caps, but the city has not done so as of 2026. As a result, an STR in Sioux Falls may be booked 365 nights per year subject only to: (a) the zoning district's permitted uses (most R-1/R-2 districts permit single-family residential use, with STR treated as accessory to that use rather than as a separately enumerated use); (b) the underlying property-maintenance code (IPMC, adopted under Title 50); (c) any private restrictive covenants or HOA rules, which Sioux Falls Code Enforcement does not adjudicate; and (d) sales- and tourism-tax obligations under SDCL Ch. 10-45, 10-45D, 10-52, and 10-52A. Multi-family STR use (a "party house" model with frequent large-group turnover) may attract noise-code or nuisance-abatement enforcement under Sioux Falls Code Title 130 (Offenses) and SDCL Ch. 21-10 (civil nuisance) — but those are conduct-based, not night-count-based, restrictions.
No penalty for any specific number of rental nights, because no cap exists. Nuisance behavior associated with STR operations (noise, parking violations, repeated police calls) is enforceable under Sioux Falls Code Title 130 and SDCL § 21-10-1 (nuisance) regardless of how often the property is rented.
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