Planning

The Planning Department provide a wide range of support for things from helping people work through the Planning Commission and City Council process for things like rezonings or conditional use permits, working with neighboring communities on future plans, to working with state and federal officials on making sure our infrastructure improvements meet the needs of our growing community based on available financial resources. 

The City of Sioux Falls first started planning and zoning with the creation of the Zoning Commission and zoning ordinance on July 25, 1927, following the South Dakota Legislature adoption of a Comprehensive Municipal Zoning Act in 1927. The Planning Department was not established in 1961 after the City Planning Commission was established in 1959.

James Pryde – 2 years (1961 - 1963)

Ed Becker – 11 years (1963 – 1974)

Steve Metli – 31 years (1974 – 2005)

Mike Cooper – 14 years (2005 – 2019)

Jeff Eckhoff - (2019 - Present)