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The following licenses will be issued by the city attorney’s office:
License | Term | Fee |
License | Term | Fee |
Circus, menagerie, combined circus and menagerie, Wild West show, carnival or other exhibition given under canvas | Per continuous engagement | $100 |
Escort | Annual fee | $50 |
Escort runner | Annual fee | $50 |
Escort service | Annual fee | $100 |
Fortuneteller, clairvoyant, palmist, astrologer, or any person practicing mesmerism, phrenology, necromancy, divination, mediumship, magic or life or character reading, or any person practicing hypnotism who is neither a licensed practitioner of the healing arts as defined in SDCL 36-2-1(6) and 36-2-2 nor under the direct supervision of a licensed practitioner, who demands or receives a fee for exhibition or exercise of his or her art or profession | Annual fee | $35 |
Livery vehicles | First vehicle, per year | $25 |
Additional vehicles | $10 | |
Motion picture theaters; seats or seating capacity (per theater or total for theater complex) | Seating capacity per theater | |
500 or under | $50 | |
501 to 1,000 | $75 | |
1,001 to 1,500 | $100 | |
1,501 to 1,750 | $175 | |
1,751 to 2,000 | $200 | |
Over 2,000 | $225 | |
Pawnbroker, secondhand goods dealer, or dealer in precious metals or precious gems | Annual fee | $25 |
Vehicles for hire; a bus, motorbus, limousine, taxicab or wheelchair transport | First vehicle, per year | $50 |
Each additional vehicle | $25 | |
(1992 Code, § 23-22) (Ord. 96-94, passed 10-31-1994; Ord. 77-98, passed 8-3-1998; Ord. 140-06, passed 10-16-2006; Ord. 161-06, passed 12-11-2006; Ord. 3-10, passed 2-8-2010; Ord. 54-11, passed 7-18-2011; Ord. 69-19, passed 7-2-2019; Ord. 20-24, passed 3-5-2024; Ord. 46- 24, passed 5-14-2024; Ord. 67-24, passed 8-13-2024; Ord. 102-24, passed 12-3-2024)
Cross-reference:
Amusements, see ch. 113
Dealers in precious metals and gems, see ch. 116
Escort services, see ch. 118
Pawnbrokers, see ch. 116
Shooting gallery location, see § 113.002
The following licenses shall be issued by the parks, recreation and forestry department:
License | Fee |
Arborist | |
Application fee; the fee shall be used to defray the cost of examination and shall not be refunded to an unsuccessful applicant | $150 |
Annual license fee | $100 |
(1992 Code, § 23-23) (Ord. 85-18, passed 9-18-2018)
Cross-reference:
Parks and recreation, see ch. 95
The following licenses shall be issued by planning and development services:
License | Fee |
License | Fee |
Electricians. The biennial license fee for the various classes of electricians licensed by the city shall be as follows: | |
Apprentice electrician | $20 |
Renewal | $20 |
Class I maintenance, new | $200 |
Renewal | $100 |
Class II maintenance, new | $200 |
Renewal | $100 |
Class B electrician, new | $200 |
Renewal | $100 |
Electrical contractor | $200 |
Renewal | $100 |
Inactive electrical contractor (Class B, Sign Wiring) | $20 |
Journeyman electrician | $40 |
Renewal | $40 |
Sign wiring contractor, new | $200 |
Renewal | $100 |
Mechanical contractors. The biennial license fee for various classes of mechanics licensed by the city shall be as follows: | |
Fireplace contractor, new | $200 |
Renewal | $100 |
Inactive master mechanic | $20 |
Renewal | $20 |
Mechanical contractor, new | $200 |
Renewal | $100 |
Inactive refrigeration mechanic | $20 |
Renewal | $20 |
Refrigeration contractor, new | $200 |
Renewal | $100 |
Plumbers. The biennial license fee for various classes of plumbers licensed by the city shall be as follows: | |
Apprentice registration | $20 |
Journeyman plumber | |
Inactive journeyman license | $20 |
License | $40 |
Renewal | $40 |
Landscape irrigation contractor | |
License | $200 |
Renewal | $100 |
Master plumber | |
Inactive master plumber license | $20 |
License | $200 |
Renewal | $100 |
Residential building contractors and residential roofing and repair contractors. The triennial license fee for various classes of residential building contractors and residential roofing and repair contractors licensed by the city shall be as follows: | |
Inactive construction supervisor | $25 |
Residential building contractor or residential roofing and repair contractor, new | $300 |
Renewal | $150 |
The following licenses shall be issued by planning and development services: | |
Sign and outdoor advertising contractors. Advertising signs; includes engaging in the commercial billboard or advertising board business by erecting or maintaining ground, roof, wall, or other signs | |
Biennial fee | $200 |
Manufactured home park | |
Annual fee | $100 |
Vendor | |
Annual fee | $35 |
(1992 Code, § 23-24) (Ord. 93-93, passed 12-6-1993; Ord. 113-94, passed 12-19-1994; Ord. 81-95, passed 6-5-1995; Ord. 93-95, passed 7-3-1995; Ord. 73-00, passed 8-14-2000; Ord. 115-01, passed 12-10-2001; Ord. 123-01, passed 12-10-2001; Ord. 22-04, passed 3-1-2004; Ord. 24-04, passed 3-1-2004; Ord. 25-04, passed 3-1-2004; Ord. 43-05, passed 4-18-2005; Ord. 37-06, passed 3-20-2006; Ord. 30-07, passed 2-20-2007; Ord. 105-08, passed 8-18-2008; Ord. 50-13, passed 8-20-2013; Ord. 32-19, passed 3-19-2019; Ord. 14-21, passed 2-2- 2021; Ord. 111-23, passed 11-21-2023)
Cross-reference:
Building, see ch. 150
The following licenses shall be issued by the public health director:
License | Fee |
License | Fee |
Convalescent homes | |
Annual fee | $24 |
Food processing and sales | |
Grocery store. An establishment selling prepackaged food other than food eaten upon the premises or in the establishment without further preparation | |
Annual fee for area greater than 250 square feet | $181 |
Annual fee for area equal to or less than 250 square feet | $92 |
Food processing. Manufacturing, cutting, cleaning, packaging, bottling, canning, preserving, mixing or processing food in any way to be offered for sale, whether wholesale or retail | |
Annual fee | $181 |
Additional fee based on square footage. | |
Area less than 1,000 square feet | No additional fee |
1,000 to 5,000 square feet | $92 |
Over 5,000 square feet | $181 |
Late application. Annual review of grocery store and food processing applications received after December 31 of each year | $75 late fee |
Food service establishments | |
Annual license fee | |
Size (square feet) | |
0 to 2,500 | $181 |
2,501 to 5,000 | $271 |
5,001 and above | $362 |
Annual renewal of food service establishment applications received after December 31 of each year | $75 late fee |
Plan review fee for new or remodeled food service establishments | |
Size (square feet) | |
0 to 2,500 | $52 |
2,501 to 5,000 | $209 |
5,001 and above | $302 |
The fee for food services that are part of a grocery store complex shall be based on the actual square footage of the kitchen and eating area. | |
The annual license fee charged includes one full service food preparation area. Additional food preparation areas shall be charged an additional $92 each. | |
A $30 discount will be offered on the yearly invoice as a discount to an establishment that qualifies with an average of 94% or above compliance level for the preceding year’s routine inspections and the annual permit application is received prior to January 1 of each year. | |
Hospital | |
Annual fee | $24 |
Pest control, extermination, fumigation | |
Annual fee to engage in pest control, extermination or fumigation | $24 |
Tattoo artist | |
Annual fee | $60 |
Tattoo establishment | |
Annual fee | $173 |
(1992 Code, § 23-25) (Ord. 66-93, passed 8-16-1993; Ord. 77-93, passed 10-25-1993; Ord. 96-94, passed 10-31-1994; Ord. 142-95, passed 11-20-1995; Ord. 75-01, passed 8-6-2001; Ord. 15-03, passed 2-10-2003; Ord. 124-08, passed 10-14-2008; Ord. 57-09, passed 6-15-2009; Ord. 52-10, passed 6-21-2010; Ord. 44-11, passed 6-20-2011)
Cross-reference:
Commercial garbage hauler required to have license, see § 57.065
Health and sanitation, see ch. 92
Hospital license required, see § 114.001
License to engage in the processing and selling of food, see § 112.015
Pest control license required, see § 120.020
The following fees shall be paid by the owner of a food service, grocery, food processor or other permitted establishment for health department follow-up inspections to be conducted as follows:
Inspection | Fee |
Follow-up inspection | $92 |
(1992 Code, § 23-25.1) (Ord. 57-09, passed 6-15-2009; Ord. 52-10, passed 6-21-2010; Ord. 44-11, passed 6-20-2011)
The following fee shall be paid by a food service establishment that operates at a fixed location for a period of time of not more than 14 consecutive days in conjunction with a single event or celebration.
Event | Fee |
Temporary event fee | $32 |
(1992 Code, § 23-25.2) (Ord. 57-09, passed 6-15-2009; Ord. 52-10, passed 6-21-2010; Ord. 44-11, passed 6-20-2011)
The following licenses shall be issued by the police department:
License | Fee |
License | Fee |
Airport authority security officer | |
Annual fee | $50 |
Alarm installation and/or monitoring company | |
Annual fee | $35 |
Application fee | $75 |
Vehicle for hire driver (city transit drivers are exempt from this requirement) | |
Annual fee (to be collected every 12 months following the original date of purchase) | $35 |
(1992 Code, § 23-26) (Ord. 103-00, passed 12-4-2000; Ord. 79-11, passed 10-11-2011)
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