Referendum Petition Submitted to Sioux Falls City Council

Published on January 30, 2026

A referendum petition consisting of 378 sheets was submitted to the City Clerk’s Office by the submission deadline on January 29, 2026. The referendum petition sought to submit for voter approval a City Ordinance as adopted on January 6, 2026, to rezone property located south of East Rice Street and east of N. Veterans Parkway (Rezone No. 022049-2025). Pursuant to SDCL 9-20-8, a valid petition must be signed by at least five percent of the registered voters in the municipality, which is at least 6,704 valid signatures.

The City Clerk’s office has completed a count of the total number of signatures submitted, which is 5,012 signatures. Even assuming each signature is legally valid and the petition has met all other legal requirements, the total number of signatures submitted of 5,012 is not sufficient to submit the ordinance to an election. By law the City Clerk must and has rejected the petition, and the ordinance remains in effect.