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SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER
CHARTER PARALLEL REFERENCES
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
CHAPTER 150: BUILDING
CHAPTER 151: HISTORIC PRESERVATION
CHAPTER 152: MANUFACTURED HOMES
CHAPTER 153: ANNEXATION POLICIES
CHAPTER 154: PLANNING
CHAPTER 155: SIGNS AND OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
CHAPTER 156: FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 157: SUBDIVISIONS
CHAPTER 158: 2006 JOINT ZONING REGULATIONS LINCOLN COUNTY AND SIOUX FALLS
CHAPTER 159: COMPREHENSIVE EXTRATERRITORIAL ZONING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 160: ZONING
PURPOSE AND TITLE
DEFINITIONS
DISTRICTS AND BOUNDARIES
FORM REGULATIONS
FORM DD1: DETACHED DWELLING - RURAL
FORM DD2: DETACHED DWELLING - SUBURBAN
FORM DD3: DETACHED DWELLING - TRADITIONAL
FORM DD4: DETACHED DWELLING - HISTORIC PRESERVATION
FORM DD5: DETACHED DWELLING - OLDER MANUFACTURED HOME
FORM DD6: DETACHED DWELLING - NEWER MANUFACTURED HOME
FORM DD7: DETACHED DWELLING - HIGH DENSITY
FORM AD1: ATTACHED DWELLING - SUBURBAN TWIN HOME/DUPLEX
FORM AD2: ATTACHED DWELLING - SUBURBAN FOUR-UNIT TOWNHOME
FORM AD3: ATTACHED DWELLING - SUBURBAN EIGHT-UNIT TOWNHOME
FORM AD4: ATTACHED DWELLING - TRADITIONAL EIGHT-UNIT TOWNHOME
FORM MD1: MULTIPLE DWELLING - SMALL
FORM MD2: MULTIPLE DWELLING - MEDIUM
FORM MD3: MULTIPLE DWELLING - LARGE
FORM NF1: NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES
FORM NF2: NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES
FORM BCF1: BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES - SMALL
FORM BCF2: BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES - COMMUNITY SERVICE
FORM BCF3: BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES - LARGE
FORM BCF4: BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES - OPEN SPACE
FORM RE1: LIMITED RETAIL EMPLOYMENT
FORM RE2: STREETCAR RETAIL EMPLOYMENT
FORM RE3: PARKING-ORIENTED RETAIL EMPLOYMENT
FORM RE4: COMMUNITY RETAIL EMPLOYMENT
FORM RE5: REGIONAL RETAIL EMPLOYMENT
FORM RE6: VILLAGE MIXED-USE
FORM MU1: MIXED-USE - LOW DENSITY
FORM MU2: MIXED-USE - MEDIUM DENSITY
FORM MU3: MIXED-USE - HIGH DENSITY
FORM WM1: WAREHOUSE AND MANUFACTURING - LIGHT
FORM WM2: WAREHOUSE AND MANUFACTURING - HEAVY
FORM WM3: WAREHOUSE AND MANUFACTURING - MINING AND WASTE
FORM WM4: WAREHOUSE AND MANUFACTURING - AIRPORT FACILITIES
FORM OPEN1: CONSERVATION OPEN SPACE
FORM OPEN2: RECREATION OPEN SPACE
FORM OPEN3: AGRICULTURE OPEN SPACE
FORM UT1: BASIC UTILITIES
FORM UT2: TOWER UTILITIES
OVERLAY DISTRICTS
PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
NONCONFORMING USES AND BUILDINGS
FENCES
LANDSCAPE AND BUFFER YARD STANDARDS
ADDITIONAL YARD REGULATIONS
PARKING, LOADING, AND STACKING REGULATIONS
ORIGINAL ART MURALS
ON-PREMISES SIGN REGULATIONS
OFF-PREMISES SIGNS
ALTERNATIVE SITE PLANS
CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
CHANGE OF ZONE
ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATION OF REQUIRED YARDS AND BUFFER YARD BERMS
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
ZONING PERMITS
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
FEES
GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 161: SIOUX FALLS DOWNTOWN RAILYARD ENVIRONMENTAL OVERLAY DISTRICT
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
CODE OF ORDINANCES PARALLEL REFERENCES
FEE INDEX
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§ 160.321 ALLOWED ZONING DISTRICTS.
   The MU1 form shall be allowed in the following zoning districts as detailed in §§ 160.016160.047 (Districts and Boundaries): MMU1, MMU2, and MMU3 districts.
(Ord. 9-13, passed 3-19-2013; Ord. 30-23, passed 5-2-2023)
§ 160.322 PRINCIPAL USES.
   The following uses shall be a principal use when a building or premises is the primary or predominant use of any lot:
   (a)    Permitted. A building or premises shall be permitted to be used for the following purposes as an MU1.
      (1)   General retail and services.
      (2)   Office.
      (3)   Recreational facility, private.
      (4)   Cultural facility.
      (5)   Places of worship.
      (6)   College, university, or post high school.
      (7)   Public service facility.
      (8)   Dwelling(s), multiple family.
      (9)   Funeral establishment and/or mortuary.
   (b)    Permitted special uses. The following principal uses include the same additional restrictions for all listed uses below. A conditional use with standards within §§ 160.605 et seq. (Conditional Use) may be obtained when the standards for a permitted special use cannot be obtained.
      (1)   Off-sale alcoholic beverage establishment beyond 500 feet of a school.
      (2)   On-sale alcoholic beverage establishment beyond 100 feet from any sensitive land use.
      (3)   Full-service restaurant subject to a safety management plan and alcohol license.
      (4)   Day care center.
         A.   Adequate and safe playground with sufficient green areas.
         B.   Safe and convenient access to the day care.
(Ord. 9-13, passed 3-19-2013; Ord. 104-21, passed 9-7-2021; Ord. 30-23, passed 5-2-2023)
§ 160.323 ACCESSORY USES.
   A use shall be accessory to a building or premises that is customarily incidental and subordinate to any principal use allowed as a MU1 form. Permitted special. The following accessory uses include additional restrictions for each specific use. A conditional use permit with standards within §§ 160.605 et seq. (Conditional Use) may be obtained when the standards for a permitted special accessory use cannot be obtained.
   (a)   Accessory alcohol that must be incidental and subordinate portion of the operations of the business. Does not include restaurants.
   (b)    Drive-through service window.
      (1)   The drive-through window shall be located to the side or rear of the building.
      (2)   The drive-through window shall not separate the building and its entrance from the street and should be hidden from view.
      (3)   The drive-through window shall not separate plazas, parks, water features, and open spaces from buildings.
      (4)   Sufficient room for drive-through stacking per § 160.555.
   (c)   Outdoor retail sales.
      (1)   Must be on a hard surfaced area.
      (2)   Placed beyond 50 feet of any DD or AD forms and not within the required buffer yard.
   (d)   Parking ramps.
      (1)   Parking ramps shall be constructed in a manner that will cause a minimum amount of impact on adjacent residential uses.
      (2)   Height of the ramp so that adjacent properties are not deprived of sunlight.
      (3)   The drive-through window shall be located to the side or rear of the building.
      (4)   The parking ramp shall not separate the building and its entrance from the street and should be hidden from view.
      (5)   The parking ramp shall not separate plazas, parks, water features, and open spaces from buildings.
      (6)   Care should be taken so that any lighting of the facility should be of a type which would not reflect onto the adjacent residential area.
      (7)   Parking ramp should not be oriented toward the primary street frontage.
(Ord. 9-13, passed 3-19-2013; Ord. 79-14, passed 10-14-2014; Ord. 30-23, passed 5-2-2023)
§ 160.324 BULK REGULATIONS.
   General requirements. The maximum height and minimum lot requirements within the MU1 form shall be as follows:
Minimum Primary Building Frontage:
50%
Maximum Primary Building Frontage:
75%
Primary Build-to-Zone:
0-5 feet.
Non-Primary Build-to-Zone:
10-20 feet.
Required Side Yard:
0 feet.
Required Rear Yard:
*0 feet.
Minimum Height:
A minimum of 3 stories.
Maximum Height:
**A maximum of 3 stories.
Required Buffer Yard:
10 feet total and Level A buffer yard when adjacent to any DD or AD1 form.
Buffer Yard Reduction:
Up to 5-foot reduction allowed when parking is adjacent to buffer yard.
*5-foot required rear yard when adjacent to alley.
**A maximum height of 4 stories is allowed when 50% or more of the first floor is used for retail or office.
 
(Ord. 9-13, passed 3-19-2013; Ord. 30-23, passed 5-2-2023)
§ 160.325 OTHER APPLICABLE REGULATIONS.
   Development with a MU1 form shall be regulated in conformance with the applicable provisions of:
   (a)    § 160.480 (Fences).
   (b)    §§ 160.485 et seq. (Landscape and Buffer Yard).
   (c)    §§ 160.550 et seq. (Parking, Loading, and Stacking Regulations).
   (d)   §§ 160.570 et seq. (On-Premises Sign Regulations).
   (e)   § 160.491 (Standards for Outdoor Lighting).
(Ord. 9-13, passed 3-19-2013; Ord. 30-23, passed 5-2-2023)
FORM MU2: MIXED-USE—MEDIUM DENSITY
§ 160.327 SCOPE OF REGULATIONS.
   The regulations set forth in this subchapter or set forth elsewhere in this chapter when referred to in this subchapter are the form regulations of the MU2: Mixed-Use—Medium Density.
(Ord. 30-23, passed 5-2-2023)
§ 160.328 ALLOWED ZONING DISTRICTS.
   The MU2 form shall be allowed in the following zoning districts as detailed in §§ 160.016160.047 (Districts and Boundaries): MMU2 and MMU3 districts.
(Ord. 30-23, passed 5-2-2023)
§ 160.329 PRINCIPAL USES.
   The following uses shall be a principal use when a building or premises is the primary or predominant use of any lot:
   (a)   Permitted. A building or premises shall be permitted to be used for the following purposes as an MU2:
      (1)   General retail and services.
      (2)   Office.
      (3)   Recreational facility, private.
      (4)   Cultural facility.
      (5)   Places of worship.
      (6)   College, university, or post high school.
      (7)   Public service facility.
      (8)   Dwelling(s), multiple family above the first story.
      (9)   Funeral establishment and/or mortuary.
   (b)   Permitted special uses. The following principal uses include the same additional restrictions for all listed uses below. A conditional use with standards within §§ 160.605 et seq. (Conditional Use) may be obtained when the standards for a permitted special use cannot be obtained.
      (1)   Off-sale alcoholic beverage establishment beyond 500 feet of a school.
      (2)   On-sale alcoholic beverage establishment beyond 100 feet from any sensitive land use.
      (3)   Full-service restaurant subject to a safety management plan and alcohol license.
      (4)   Day care center.
         A.   Adequate and safe playground with sufficient green areas.
         B.   Safe and convenient access to the day care.
      (5)   Dwelling(s), multiple family on the first story.
         A.   Up to 50% of the first story may be used for multiple dwellings as long as they do not have frontage on the primary building frontage right-of-way.
(Ord. 30-23, passed 5-2-2023)
§ 160.330 ACCESSORY USES.
   A use shall be accessory to a building or premises that is customarily incidental and subordinate to any principal use allowed as an MU2 form. Permitted special. The following accessory uses include additional restrictions for each specific use. A conditional use with standards within §§ 160.605 et seq. (Conditional Use) may be obtained when the standards for a permitted special accessory use cannot be obtained.
   (a)   Accessory alcohol that must be incidental and subordinate portion of the operations of the business. Does not include restaurants.
   (b)   Drive-through service window.
      (1)   The drive-through window shall be located to the side or rear of the building.
      (2)   The drive-through window shall not separate the building and its entrance from the street and should be hidden from view.
      (3)   The drive-through window shall not separate plazas, parks, water features, and open spaces from buildings.
      (4)   Sufficient room for drive-through stacking per § 160.555.
   (c)   Outdoor retail sales.
      (1)   Must be on a hard surfaced area.
      (2)   Placed beyond 50 feet of any DD or AD forms and not within the required buffer yard.
   (d)   Parking ramps.
      (1)   Parking ramps shall be constructed in a manner that will cause a minimum amount of impact on adjacent residential uses.
      (2)   Height of the ramp so that adjacent properties are not deprived of sunlight.
      (3)   The drive-through window shall be located to the side or rear of the building.
      (4)   The parking ramp shall not separate the building and its entrance from the street and should
be hidden from view.
      (5)   The parking ramp shall not separate plazas, parks, water features, and open spaces from buildings.
      (6)   Care should be taken so that any lighting of the facility should be of a type which would not reflect onto the adjacent residential area.
      (7)   Parking ramp should not be oriented toward the primary street frontage.
(Ord. 30-23, passed 5-2-2023)
§ 160.331 BULK REGULATIONS.
   General requirements. The maximum height and minimum lot requirements within the MU2 form shall be as follows:
MU2—BULK REGULATIONS
MU2—BULK REGULATIONS
Minimum Primary Building Frontage:
50%
Maximum Primary Building Frontage:
75%
Primary Build-to-Zone:
0-5 feet.
Non-Primary Build-to-Zone:
10-20 feet.
Required Side Yard:
0 feet.
Required Rear Yard:
*0 feet.
Minimum Height:
A minimum of 4 stories.
Maximum Height:
**A maximum of 6 stories.
Required Buffer Yard:
15 feet total and Level B buffer yard when adjacent to any DD or AD1 form.
Buffer Yard Reduction:
Up to 5-foot reduction allowed when parking is adjacent to buffer yard.
*5-foot required rear yard when adjacent to alley.
**20-foot building setback required for stories above two when adjacent to DD forms.
 
(Ord. 30-23, passed 5-2-2023)
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