Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Health Department
In short
Sioux Falls Health Department 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Day Care Home Registration | Sioux Falls Health Department | Under §92.172 the annual registration fee is $25.00 where the family day care home maintains a current South Dakota Department of Social Services family day care home registration, and $125.00 where it does not. A renewal application or additional renewal requirement received after December 31 carries a $50.00 late fee. Fees are not refundable or prorated. Zoning adds either a conditional use permit at $375.00 or a petition of support signed by seventy-five percent of registered property owners within 250 feet, which carries no application fee. A fire inspection under §110.035 is $28.00 for a state-licensed day care centre. | annual, expiring December 31 of the year of issue | 2026-09-14 |
| Food Service Establishment License | Sioux Falls Health Department | Banded by floor area under §110.029: $181.00 up to 2,500 square feet, $271.00 from 2,501 to 5,000 and $362.00 at 5,001 and above. The annual fee covers one full service food preparation area and each additional preparation area is $92.00. Plan review for a new or remodelled establishment is $52.00 up to 2,500 square feet, $209.00 from 2,501 to 5,000 and $302.00 above. A grocery store selling prepackaged food is $181.00 above 250 square feet and $92.00 at or below. An annual renewal application received after December 31 carries a $75.00 late fee. A follow-up inspection is $92.00. A $30.00 discount applies where the establishment averaged 94 percent or above on the preceding year's routine inspections and the renewal application arrives before January 1. A fire inspection under §110.035 adds $28.00 for a restaurant without a beverage license. | annual, effective January 1 through December 31 under §112.015 | 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
Family Day Care Home Registration
The two-tier fee is a deliberate incentive rather than an administrative distinction — $25.00 with state registration against $125.00 without — and which applies depends on the operator's own choices. The City's own page maps the three formats and their different requirements: a daycare center for more than twelve children 'requires a state registration and inspections'; a family daycare for seven to twelve children 'require[s] a City of Sioux Falls Health Department registration and a Zoning permit'; and a home daycare for six or fewer children 'requires a City of Sioux Falls Health Department registration.' So the zoning layer bites only in the middle band, and there the operator can choose between a $375.00 conditional use permit and a free petition of support signed by seventy-five percent of registered property owners within 250 feet. Section 92.172 also requires 'liability insurance for an in-home day care provider in the minimum amount of $300,000,' and §92.180 exempts schools and providers related to all the children in their care.
Food Service Establishment License
The compliance discount is the feature worth planning around: §110.029 gives $30.00 off the yearly invoice to an establishment that averaged 94 percent or better on the prior year's routine inspections and renews before January 1, so the discount is forfeited by a late renewal even with a clean record. The $92.00 additional preparation area charge matters for larger operations — a restaurant with two full kitchens pays the band fee plus $92.00. On the relationship to state licensing: SDCL 34-18-7 provides that 'any county or district health department or municipal health department organized under existing laws may be designated as an agent of the secretary for the purpose of administering the provisions of this chapter,' and the City's own food license application, hosted at siouxfalls.gov and headed 'South Dakota Department of Health Food License Application,' is that same statewide form administered through the City's Health Department as the local intake — consistent with the City acting as the state's own designated agent for SDCL 34-18-10 rather than a restaurant needing a second, separately issued state license on top of the fee recorded here. Two City sources conflict on the temporary event fee. The Code states: §110.031 provides that '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,' and sets a single temporary event fee of $32.00 with no non-profit distinction. The City's own Temporary Food Service application, by contrast, says 'a temporary food service license is $70 ($32 for non-profit groups).' The $32.00 figure is common to both, and §110.031 as published in the Code still sets the single $32.00 fee. A commercial operator should budget $70.00 and ask the Health Department which governs.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Sioux Falls
- Phone
- (605) 367-8760
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
- Daycare Licenses — the City's own current page distinguishing a daycare center of more than twelve children requiring state registration, a family daycare of seven to twelve children requiring city health department registration and a zoning permit, and a home daycare of six or fewer requiring city registration, and giving the conditional use permit and petition of support routesCity of Sioux Falls · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Food and Lodging Safety licensure — the South Dakota Department of Health's own current page for the statewide food service establishment license under SDCL ch. 34-18, which applies alongside or in place of a municipal license depending on jurisdictionSouth Dakota Department of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Food Service inspections and permit application — the Health Department's own current page and permit application, confirming the size-banded operating permit fees, the $92.00 additional preparation area charge and the Health Department's addressCity of Sioux Falls Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- SDCL 34-18-7 — allowing a county, district or municipal health department to be designated as an agent of the Secretary of Health for administering Chapter 34-18's licensing provisionsSouth Dakota Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
- South Dakota Department of Health — food license application, fee table by seating capacitySouth Dakota Department of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other offices serving Sioux Falls
The full permit list for this jurisdiction
Industry permit lists that include this agency
South Dakota jurisdictions
Commercial Compliance Hub publishes information, not legal advice. Requirements change — confirm anything you rely on with the issuing agency before you file.