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Sioux Falls, SD Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Governing section
City Code § 57.023
Non-collection day rule
Adjacent to structure, screened from view
Earliest curb placement
Noon day before collection
Latest removal
11 p.m. collection day
Roll-off units
Covered as a "hauling unit"

Summary

Sioux Falls requires dumpsters and roll-off containers to sit adjacent to the structure out of public view except on collection day, and never in the roadway or on the sidewalk.

Noncollection day placement. Except as authorized herein for collection day placement, all containers not kept inside the structure or otherwise screened from public view shall be kept directly adjacent to the structure in an inconspicuous place by the owner, occupant, or manager of the dwelling house, apartment, construction site, place of business, or building. In choosing a suitable location directly adjacent to the structure, owners, occupants, and managers will balance efficiency and aesthetics with the inherent limitations of the structure. In all cases, the vicinity of the garbage container shall be kept free from any garbage, rubbish, animal waste, litter, yard waste, or any putrescible matter that attracts insects, rodents, or animals.

(b)   Collection day placement—location. All containers shall be placed at a location, other than in the roadway or on the sidewalk, designated for collection by the commercial garbage hauler contracted to remove the same. Curbside placement that does not encroach onto the roadway or sidewalk and is placed with due care to avoid creating a hazard by obstructing the view of traffic is authorized. The commercial garbage hauler and the owner, occupant, or manager may agree for collection to be made at the structure in a place reasonably accessible to the hauler (e.g., valet service).

(c)   Collection day placement—timing. No owner, occupant, or manager shall place or permit to be placed any container away from the structure for

View official code

Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-135: Current through local ordinance 54-26, passed 7-14-2026).

Full Breakdown

City Code § 57.023 governs where garbage containers, including construction-site roll-off units and commercial dumpsters, may sit. On non-collection days they must stay directly adjacent to the structure, screened from public view, and kept free of surrounding litter. On collection day they can move to the curb but cannot block the roadway or sidewalk, and can go out no earlier than noon the day before pickup and must come back by 11 p.m. the day of collection (or two hours after actual pickup, whichever is later).

Violations & Fines

Code enforcement can cite the owner, occupant, or manager for containers left in the roadway, on the sidewalk, or out past the removal deadline; repeat placement violations are handled as municipal code violations under Chapter 57.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can a construction site roll-off dumpster sit at the curb full-time?
No. Under § 57.023(a) it must stay directly adjacent to the structure or site except during the narrow collection-day window.
Can a dumpster block the sidewalk on pickup day?
No. § 57.023(b) requires curbside placement that does not encroach onto the roadway or sidewalk.

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