Parking Rules in South Dakota (2026)
25 rules on the books across South Dakota, 4 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
RV & Boat Parking
Where you can park recreational vehicles and boats on your property, including front yard restrictions, screening requirements, and size limits.
Rapid City
Some RestrictionsRapid City Municipal Code Section 17.50.280 caps the size of vehicles and trailers stored in residential yards or…
Read full rule →Sioux Falls
Some RestrictionsSioux Falls bans RVs, trailers and boats from front yards except brief loading, but allows them in the rear yard two…
Read full rule →Driveway Rules
Requirements for driveway width, materials, and whether you can park on unpaved surfaces or grass in your front yard.
South Dakota: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsSDCL Chapter 32-30 prohibits parking in front of public or private driveways statewide. Driveway access onto state…
Read full rule →Lincoln County
Some RestrictionsBuilding or modifying a driveway that abuts a county road in unincorporated Lincoln County, South Dakota requires an…
Read full rule →Rapid City
Some RestrictionsIn Rapid City, every vehicle or trailer kept on a residential or commercial lot must sit on a graveled or hard-surfaced…
Read full rule →Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Rules about parking work trucks, vans with commercial lettering, and vehicles over a weight or length threshold in residential areas, the thresholds, the exemptions, and the fines.
Sioux Falls
Significant RestrictionsSioux Falls bars parking or storing commercial or construction vehicles, equipment, or materials on any city street…
Read full rule →Rapid City
Some RestrictionsRapid City bars commercial vehicles over 3 tons gross weight from parking on any public street, highway or right-of-way…
Read full rule →Street Parking Limits
Time limits for parking on public streets, permit parking zones, and rules about moving your car to avoid tickets.
Rapid City
Some RestrictionsRapid City's § 10.40.020 lists 13 specific places drivers may not stop, stand or park: intersections, crosswalks…
Read full rule →Sioux Falls
Some RestrictionsSioux Falls bans parking in front of driveways, within 15 feet of hydrants, or within 20 feet of crosswalks, and…
Read full rule →Overnight Parking
Whether cars can be left on the street overnight, including any permit programs and restrictions during street sweeping hours.
South Dakota: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsSouth Dakota has no statewide overnight on-street parking ban. The 24-hour abandoned-vehicle presumption under SDCL…
Read full rule →Sioux Falls
Some RestrictionsSioux Falls has no nightly citywide parking ban, but once the city declares a snow removal alert, downtown Zone 1 bars…
Read full rule →Abandoned Vehicles
How cities define and handle abandoned or inoperable vehicles on private property and public streets, including removal timelines.
South Dakota: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsPer SDCL 32-30-12, a vehicle left unattended on any public road, highway, or highway right-of-way for longer than 24…
Read full rule →Minnehaha County
Significant RestrictionsAn unlicensed, wrecked, dismantled or inoperable vehicle left outside an enclosed structure is a declared public…
Read full rule →Rapid City
Significant RestrictionsRapid City declares abandoned, wrecked or junk motor vehicles a public nuisance under SDCL § 9-29-13, letting the…
Read full rule →Lincoln County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Lincoln County, South Dakota, leaving a deteriorated, wrecked, dismantled, or unlicensed motor…
Read full rule →Sioux Falls
Some RestrictionsSioux Falls bans keeping abandoned, wrecked, or inoperable vehicles on private property past 14 days and on public…
Read full rule →Curb Color Rules
What red, yellow, white, green, and blue painted curbs mean in your city, who can paint them, and how parking restrictions are enforced.
Loading Zones
Yellow and white loading zone rules, time limits for commercial and passenger loading, and which vehicles qualify as commercial loaders.
Lincoln County
Some RestrictionsLincoln County's zoning code requires off-street loading spaces sized to a building's use and floor area under County…
Read full rule →Rapid City
Some RestrictionsRapid City lets the City Engineer designate curb loading zones with posted hours; inside a marked zone during its…
Read full rule →Sioux Falls
Some RestrictionsSioux Falls issues an annual $80 permit letting delivery and service vehicles park at metered curb space for 15-minute…
Read full rule →Preferential Parking Districts
Permit-only residential parking districts, how they're established, who qualifies for permits, and how visitor passes work.
Snow Removal Parking Rules
On-street parking bans during declared snow events, alternate-side rules for plow access, and tow/fine schedules in snow-belt cities.
Sioux Falls
Significant RestrictionsSioux Falls bans parking on posted emergency snow routes once 2 inches of snow accumulates, and citywide snow-alert…
Read full rule →Lincoln County
Some RestrictionsIn unincorporated Lincoln County, South Dakota, County Code § 90.02(S) declares it a nuisance to deposit or permit the…
Read full rule →Rapid City
Some RestrictionsWhen Rapid City's Public Works Director declares a snow removal alert, § 10.48.030 bans parking from 2:00 a.m. to 8:00…
Read full rule →Towing & Impound Rights
What a towing company may charge and must do when a vehicle is taken without the owner consenting: capped hookup, mileage and storage rates, the drop fee owed if the driver returns before the tow leaves, signage required at private lots, retrieval of belongings left inside, and how a tow gets contested.