Zoning & land use in South Dakota local government
What South Dakota city councils, county boards and school districts are deciding about zoning & land use — plain-English summaries written from official agendas and minutes, updated as meetings happen.
974 South Dakota meetings since 2024 covered zoning & land use. Counts are directional — coverage varies by place and platform.
Places in South Dakota with the most zoning & land use activity
- Vermillion, SD (120)
- Hartford, SD (91)
- Aberdeen, SD (87)
- Minnehaha County, SD (79)
- Brookings, SD (72)
- Lincoln County, SD (71)
- Brookings, SD (65)
- Brookings County, SD (64)
- Lawrence County, SD (63)
- Spearfish, SD (60)
- Pierre, SD (54)
- Sturgis, SD (30)
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Board to decide on six zoning variances and one fire-code appeal
The Aberdeen Board of Zoning Adjustment will hear six public-hearing requests for special-exception permits and building variances at locations across the city, plus an appeal of the Fire Chief’s denial of a controlled-burn permit for prairie restoration on Presentation Sisters property.
Planning Commission to review two rezoning requests and cannabis ordinance changes
The Harrisburg Planning Commission will hold public hearings and make recommendations to the City Council on two rezoning requests, an ordinance amendment regarding cannabis establishments and dispensaries, and two plat/pre-annexation agreements. The commission will also approve minutes from the August 11 meeting and…
Board to decide on conditional use permit for Abbott House group homes in 38 North Development
The Hartford Planning and Zoning Board will hold a public hearing on a conditional use permit (CUP) request from Jans Corp for the 38 North Development, a residential subdivision east of Maple Pass Addition. The permit would allow Abbott House Youth Services to build two group homes for up to six youths each, with…
Commission to discuss 2027 provisional budget and solid waste facility resolution
The Board of Commissioners will consider adopting the 2027 provisional budget and a resolution for a solid waste facility for Poet Biorefining-Hudson. Other business includes a rezoning ordinance, an ambulance discussion with Turner County, and a request for proposal regarding the Old Courthouse.
Planning board to weigh zoning change for church/school compound in Boulder Canyon
The Lawrence County Planning & Zoning Board will hold public hearings on a zoning change for a church/school compound, a definition change for 'structure', and a procedural update for zoning applications. They will also discuss a campground and a zoning change for a limited subdivision, and review multiple preliminary…
Planning Commission to consider lot variance for Mathews and Scobeys Addition
The Brookings Planning Commission will hold a public hearing and consider a variance request for lot area and lot width for Lots 10 and 11 of Block 2 of Mathews and Scobeys Addition. The meeting also includes routine items such as approval of minutes, open forum, and conflict of interest disclosures.
Planning Commission to consider in-home daycare and industrial plats
The Sturgis Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on a request to operate an in-home daycare at 3362 Davenport Loop, and will consider approving final plats for a lot in the Sturgis Industrial Park and a utility lot. The commission will also hold a preapplication conference for a wireless telecommunications…
Brookings County P&Z to review plat and variance application
The Brookings County Planning & Zoning Commission will consider a plat for Lots 2A & 2B of CKS Partners Addition and a variance application for property in Bangor Township. The meeting includes routine items like minutes approval and citizen comments.
Commission votes on data center zoning rules and fuel station permit
The Planning & Zoning Commission will hold public hearings on a conditional use permit for a fuel dispensing building at 426 East Cherry Street and six ordinances establishing zoning regulations for data centers. These ordinances define terms like 'Large Data Center' and add data centers as permitted or conditional…
Council to award drainage project bid, consider liquor licenses and ordinances
The Brookings City Council will hold public hearings and take action on several liquor license transfers and a new license for Kwik Star, award a bid for the 2026 drainage improvements project, and introduce two ordinances (abandoned property and a conditional use permit for an office in a residence). The consent…
Hartford Planning and Zoning meeting for August 25, 2026, is cancelled.
The Planning and Zoning Commission has cancelled its regularly scheduled meeting for August 25, 2026. No items were decided or discussed. The next regularly scheduled meeting is set for September 8, 2026.
County board to hold public hearings on two rezoning requests
The Minnehaha County Board of Commissioners will hold public hearings and second readings for two rezoning requests, consider a bid award for a water service replacement at the Old Courthouse Museum, and authorize an amendment to a consulting agreement for the Juvenile Justice Center. The board will also act on a…
County board to consider hazardous materials plan, abatements, and conditional use permits
The Lawrence County Commission and Board of Adjustment will meet to review and potentially act on a range of items, including adoption of a hazardous materials emergency response plan, property tax abatements, raffle requests, and several personnel agreements. The board will also consider a petition to vacate a…
Council to award drainage project bid, consider liquor license transfers
The Brookings City Council will hold public hearings on several liquor license transfers and a new license for Kwik Trip, plus a 10-year wine operating agreement. They will also consider awarding a bid for the 2026 drainage improvements project, approve snow removal equipment contracts, and take first readings on…
Board to vote on new county gross receipts and use tax ordinance
The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing and second reading on an ordinance imposing a county gross receipts and use tax. The board will also approve a consent agenda including $1.7 million in claims and a payroll of $535,893.55. Additionally, the board will consider amending zoning…
Council to weigh data center ordinance input, WRF change order, and $244,593 street repair bid
The Aberdeen City Council will hold its regular meeting on August 24, 2026, to consider several administrative and financial items. Key actions include setting a special meeting for business input on a potential data center ordinance, approving a change order for the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) project, and…
Planning Commission to consider conditional use permit for 7,780 sq ft accessory building
The joint Minnehaha County and City of Sioux Falls Planning Commission will hold a regular meeting to consider a conditional use permit request to exceed the 3,600 square foot accessory building limit, seeking approval for 7,780 square feet on a property in Split Rock Township. The agenda also includes approval of the…
Planning Commission to review data center ordinance and 7 conditional use permits
The Minnehaha County Planning Commission will hold a regular meeting to consider seven conditional use permits on the consent agenda, covering uses like motor vehicle sales, a dog grooming kennel, an accessory dwelling unit, an oversized accessory building, a building eligibility transfer, and an agricultural…
Commission to vote on rezoning two lots to Small Lot Single-Family Residential
The Belle Fourche Planning and Zoning Commission will consider a rezoning request for Lots 6 and 7 in Morningside Wetlands Subdivision from Single-Family Residential to Small Lot Single-Family Residential. They will also review a resolution approving the formation of the Jewell, Jewett & Snoma Road District. The…
Council approves $322,635.95 bid for Ruud Ln/Diamond Trl intersection project
The Hartford City Council approved several ordinances, a road construction bid, and other routine items. They also discussed a resident's concern about an asphalt plant, received bridge inspection results, and approved a landscaping plan for the wastewater plant.
Hartford Council to vote on zoning changes, scooter rules, bridge report
The Hartford City Council will hold its regular meeting on August 18, 2026, with second readings of three zoning ordinances, a bridge inspection report from Brosz Engineering, and a bid award for the Ruud & Diamond intersection reconstruction. The council will also review the Capital Improvement Plan and consider a…
Council to consider $1.84M paving bid, rezone 16 acres to business
The Harrisburg City Council will vote on a consent agenda covering routine approvals, including a final payment for a biosolids building upgrade, street maintenance change orders, and a new CFO hire. They will also consider a $1.84 million bid for the 272nd Street paving project and hold a first reading to rezone…
Council to discuss USD football street parking, bond debt, and rezoning
The Vermillion City Council will hold a special noon meeting and a regular 6 p.m. meeting on August 17, 2026. The special meeting will discuss the temporary removal of parking on N. Dakota Street for USD home football games and a briefing on the city's bond indebtedness. The regular meeting includes public hearings on…
Planning Commission to hold four public hearings on zoning and use permits
The Lincoln County Planning Commission is meeting to consider four public hearing items, including a zone change and three conditional use permits, and to discuss possible amendments to county ordinances regarding concentrated animal feeding operations. The agenda also includes routine items like approval of minutes…
Board to decide on keeping off-premise sign at 114 Fourth Ave SW
The Board of Zoning Adjustment will hear an appeal from ABR Holdings, LLC and U.S. Bank to allow an existing off-premise freestanding sign to remain at 114 Fourth Ave SW in the C-3/R-4 district. The board will also receive a review of South Dakota open meeting laws from the City Attorney. The meeting includes public…
Planning Commission to discuss temporary signs, ADUs, VRBOs, and ordinance 763
The Dell Rapids Planning Commission is holding a regular meeting with discussion items on temporary signs, accessory dwelling units, VRBOs, and Ordinance 763 (Article 8.803). The agenda is largely discussion-oriented, with no formal action items listed. Public comment is invited during the meeting.
Council to vote on liquor agreements, airport building, fire tools, and zoning changes
The Brookings City Council will vote on several resolutions and hold public hearings on two ordinances. Key actions include approving 10-year liquor agreements with Buffalo Wild Wings and 9 Bar Nightclub, awarding bids for airport snow removal equipment and fire department rescue tools, and a supplemental budget…
Planning and Zoning meeting cancelled for August 11
The Planning and Zoning meeting scheduled for August 11, 2026 has been cancelled. The next regularly scheduled meeting is August 25, 2026.
County Commission to consider liquor licenses, sheriff personnel, 2027 budget
The Lawrence County Commission and Board of Adjustment will meet to review and act on a range of items, including liquor license resolutions, sheriff's office personnel, the 2027 budget, and multiple planning and zoning requests. The agenda also includes annual reviews of conditional use permits, a draft ordinance…
Harrisburg Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment meet Aug 11
This is the agenda for the Harrisburg Board of Adjustment meeting on August 11, 2026, with the Planning Commission convening immediately after. The agenda is largely procedural, including call to order, roll call, adoption of agenda, approval of minutes, and open forum. No specific rezoning, conditional use permit, or…
Planning Commission to review rezoning, daycare permit, land use map
The Harrisburg Planning Commission will hold public hearings on a rezoning request, a conditional use permit for a daycare, and an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map. They will also approve minutes from the July 14 meeting and receive staff reports on building permits.
Council to vote on liquor licenses, airport building, fire equipment, and rezonings
The City Council will hold public hearings and vote on several items, including two 10-year liquor operating agreements (Buffalo Wild Wings and 9 Bar Nightclub), a bid award for a snow removal equipment building at the airport, and a bid for fire department hydraulic rescue tools. Two zoning-related public hearings…
County board to weigh new gross receipts tax and zoning change
The Lincoln County Commission will hold first readings on two ordinances: one amending zoning rules for building eligibility transfers in agricultural and recreation/conservation districts, and another imposing a county gross receipts and use tax. The board will also consider resolutions on agricultural land…
Commission to consider rezoning for senior housing and new data center rules
The Vermillion Planning and Zoning Commission will hold public hearings on seven ordinances, including a rezoning of about 15 acres in the Bluestem Trail Addition to allow a senior cohousing development, and a package of six ordinances to define and regulate data centers in various zoning districts. The meeting will…
Commission to weigh shrinking joint zoning boundary, annexation rules
The Vermillion Planning & Zoning Commission will hold public hearings on two ordinances amending the 2012 Joint Zoning Ordinance with Clay County. Ordinance 1571 would adopt a new boundary map for the Joint Jurisdiction Zoning Area, reducing it by about 1,391 acres, mostly west of SD Highway 19 and south of Timber…
Planning board to hear zoning change for Boulder Canyon church-school compound
The Lawrence County Planning & Zoning Board will meet August 6 at 1:30 p.m. in Deadwood to review pending zoning cases, variance requests, and proposed ordinance updates. The board will discuss setting public hearings for a church-school compound zoning change in Boulder Canyon and two ordinance updates affecting all…
Planning Commission to consider adult day care center permit at 523 Grant Street
The Planning and Zoning Commission will review a conditional use permit for an adult day care center and a final plat for the Bunkhouse Subdivision. The body will also receive an update on a previously failed rezoning request for manufactured housing.
Planning Commission to hear three land-use cases including a variance and conditional use permit
The Brookings Planning Commission will meet on August 4, 2026, to conduct routine procedural items and hear three land-use cases: a front-yard setback variance for Lots 2 & 3 in Block 5 of Branch Creek Addition, a conditional use permit for office use at 1103 3rd Street, and a preliminary plat review for Lots 3-5 in…
Hartford Council approves zoning changes, special events, and $20K senior meal funding
The Hartford City Council held a regular meeting on August 4, 2026, approving several ordinances, special event permits, and funding requests. Key actions included first readings of zoning amendments for accessory buildings and manufactured housing, approval of three special event permits, adoption of a safety action…
Planning Commission to review plat and use permits
The Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment will meet to consider a front yard setback variance and a conditional use permit. The body will also review a preliminary plat for the Legacy Addition.