Zoning Board of Adjustment

Since the first zoning ordinance was adopted in 1928, the Zoning Board of Adjustment (the board) has been established to adjust certain zoning standards that cause serious problems to individual land owners. Additionally, the board can provide decisions where it is alleged that an error was made in the enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance. Without the Board, a land owner would have to take such issues to court. The Zoning Board of Adjustment has authority or jurisdiction over three specific types of cases which are based in the Sioux Falls Code of Ordinance found in Appendix B, the zoning Ordinance. These powers are relative to errors, variances, and exceptions.

The board may be contacted through its City liaison:

Zoning Office
224 W. 9th Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
(605) 367-8254