Administrative overview · FIPS 46127
Union County permit authority
The first compliance decision is jurisdictional: identify the office with statutory authority over your parcel, then use its filing and inspection sequence to keep the project moving.
Jurisdictional status
County
This county profile is the primary starting point for unincorporated-area permitting.
Responsible agency
Union County Planning and Zoning
For a project in or near Union County, this office is the identified point of contact for permit intake, statutory code enforcement, plan review coordination, and inspection release conditions. Confirm the parcel’s boundary and project type before relying on the county lane.
Direct contact
605-356-3354
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
209 E Main Street, Suite 100, Elk Point, SD 57025
Operating hours
Operating hours not verified
Review expectation
Ask the agency for its current review estimate
Compliance workbench
Choose the next project decision.
Apply online
Open the verified digital gateway, application form, and review timeline.
Open guide →Fees & penalties
Understand fee schedules, enforcement exposure, and stop-work liabilities.
Open guide →Codes & exemptions
Read the code framework, minor-work exemptions, and inspection lane.
Open guide →Agency website
Visit the primary public source for current notices and contact changes.
Open guide →Source trail
Official sources for this profile
Use these direct agency or licensing links to confirm current instructions before you file, pay, or schedule work. External pages control if their information differs from this directory.
Project questions
Frequently asked questions for Union County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Union County Planning and Zoning is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
How should I begin an application?
No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact 605-356-3354 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
A typical review timeline was not verified. Ask the agency for its current completeness and review estimate.
How are inspections scheduled?
Call Union County Planning and Zoning at 605-356-3354 to coordinate any required inspection. The Planning Director or an authorized representative may inspect at reasonable times to enforce the ordinance or investigate a suspected violation, following lawful entry procedures. No online inspection scheduler or published staged structural-inspection sequence was found; state trade inspections are separate.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Union County administers its 2008 Revised Zoning Regulations, as subsequently amended, within the county's unincorporated territory. No separate county-adopted structural model-code edition was verified. For covered new nonresidential work begun after July 1, 2026 where no local structural code applies, South Dakota's statutory design baseline is the 2024 International Building Code, subject to exclusions for residential structures, manufactured/mobile homes, farmsteads, and accessory farm buildings. State electrical, plumbing, and other trade requirements remain separate. The county ordinance broadly requires a separate building permit to erect, construct, change, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert, demolish, use, occupy, or maintain each regulated building, structure, or land-use change; it publishes no general cosmetic-work exemption list. The Planning Director may waive the site-plan submission when plan review is unnecessary, but this is not a permit exemption. South Dakota law prohibits requiring a permit for an owner-occupied detached single-family home's same-size repair or substantially similar replacement of a door, downspout, fascia, fence panel or post, gutter, nonstructural siding, soffit, or window, except for designated historic property.