Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Fire Rescue, Fire Prevention Division
In short
Sioux Falls Fire Rescue, Fire Prevention Division issues 2 permits we publish for Sioux Falls, last verified 2026-09-14. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Fire License (inspection included) and Fire Permits | Sioux Falls Fire Rescue, Fire Prevention Division | Annual fire licenses under §110.033 include the annual inspection in the fee, with additional time charged at $35.00 per hour: a repair garage is $46.00 up to four bays and $58.00 over four; a service station is $46.00 up to four dispensing devices and $58.00 over; dry cleaning, dust producing operations, explosives, fireworks wholesaling, flammable and combustible finish spraying and dipping, fruit ripening, a heliport, a lumberyard and tire recapping are each $58.00; bulk flammable and combustible liquid storage runs from $46.00 for 1,000 to 5,000 gallons up to $156.00 above 500,001; and any other occupancy requiring a license because of its threat to the public is $58.00. One-time fire permits under §110.034 carry a minimum plan check review fee of $125.00 or fifty percent of the original permit fee, whichever is greater, with a $150.00 fee for each additional re-inspection; a fire detection system is a minimum $87.00; sprinkler systems are $2.00 per head plus $58.00 for dry, pre-action or deluge types or $52.00 for wet types, with an $87.00 minimum and $58.00 per additional floor; standpipes are $23.00 per riser with an $87.00 minimum; a tent or air-supported structure is $46.00; and a clean agent or dry or wet chemical extinguishing system is $87.00 per coverage area. Section 110.035 charges a fire inspection where another department's license requires one: $28.00 for a restaurant without a beverage license, $28.00 for a state-licensed day care centre or group home, $28.00 for a tattoo establishment, $23.00 for an alcoholic beverage license, $34.00 for circuses and shows, $51.00 for a convalescent home, $150.00 for a hospital and $28.00 for any other establishment requiring an inspection. | annual for §110.033 licenses; per permit for §110.034 system permits | 2026-09-14 |
| Auto Repair Shop — Annual Fire License Applies (Sioux Falls) | Sioux Falls Fire Rescue, Fire Prevention Division | The §§110.026 to 110.037 fee schedule lists no auto repair business license, but §110.033 charges an annual fire license for 'Garages for repair of motor vehicles' at $46.00 up to four bays and $58.00 over four bays, with the annual inspection included in the fee and additional inspection time charged at $35.00 per hour. A shop dispensing fuel adds a service station license at $46.00 up to four dispensing devices and $58.00 over four, and a shop with a paint booth falls under flammable and combustible finishes, spraying and dipping at $58.00. | annual, terminating December 31 under §110.011 | 2026-09-14 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Annual Fire License (inspection included) and Fire Permits
Sioux Falls bundles the inspection into the license, which is unusual and generally favourable — §110.033 states that 'An annual inspection is included in the license fee,' with overrun billed at $35.00 per hour only where the inspection takes longer than the fee covers. A repair garage is the clearest example of the scheme reaching one of the industries covered here directly, at $46.00 or $58.00 by bay count, and it is also listed on the auto repair record. The §110.035 schedule is a separate and smaller charge that attaches to another department's license rather than to the fire license itself, which is why a restaurant appears there at $28.00 as well as potentially under §110.033. Sprinkler pricing at $2.00 per head plus a system charge makes a large retrofit expensive quickly, and the plan check minimum of $125.00 or fifty percent of the permit fee applies before any of it.
Auto Repair Shop — Annual Fire License Applies (Sioux Falls)
The trade appears nowhere in the §§110.026 to 110.037 fee schedule, and Title XI's chapter list includes no automotive chapter; the City does license the premises for fire purposes, which is a real and recurring obligation rather than a nominal one. The bay-count banding is the distinguishing feature: a five-bay shop pays $58.00 where a four-bay shop pays $46.00. Because the annual inspection is included in that fee, a repair shop's fire compliance cost in Sioux Falls is genuinely modest compared with cities that charge separately for inspection. A shop doing bodywork picks up the $58.00 spraying and dipping license as well, and one dispensing fuel the service station license. Vehicle dealers are licensed at state level rather than by the City.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Sioux Falls
- Phone
- (605) 367-8093
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Code of Ordinances, City of Sioux Falls, current through local ordinance 54-26 (7-14-2026) — §§110.026 to 110.037 (the complete licence fee schedule, including §110.028 contractor licences, §110.029 food and health licences, §110.031 temporary event fee, §110.033 annual fire licences, §110.034 one-time fire permits and §110.035 fire inspections for other licences), §110.011 (calendar-year expiry), §111.002 and §111.009 (alcohol), §112.015 (food establishment licence required), §92.172 and §92.180 (family day care home registration and exemptions), §117.123 and §117.133 (mobile food vending), §150.017 and §150.002 (building permit tables), §155.030 (sign permit) and §§160.740 to 160.758 (certificates of occupancy and zoning fees)City of Sioux Falls, codified by American Legal Publishing · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Fire permits — Sioux Falls Fire Rescue's own current page and license and inspection fee schedules, matching the §110.033 annual fire license and §110.035 inspection figuresCity of Sioux Falls Fire Rescue · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
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