South Dakota local moratoria

Every local infrastructure moratorium in the inventory for South Dakota, current through August 19, 2026.

1 instrument — 1 in force, 0 pending, 0 past.

State policy is tracked separately: 14 actions (14 bills) in state_legislation.csv. These are not included in the local count above.

Detailed entries

Yankton County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-21 (County Commission adopted the moratorium 5-0, recorded as Action 26248C)
• Normalized date: 2026-07-21 (exact)
• Duration: Six months from adoption (approximately to 2027-01-21); the commission packet draft had proposed 12 months, but the adopted motion changed the term to six months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: sd-yankton-county-2026
• Legal basis: Yankton County Commission motion (Action 26248C), adopted 5-0 on July 21, 2026, following a July 10 public notice initially referenced as 'Ordinance 26-08'; final ordinance or resolution numbering was not confirmed
• What prompted it: Concern about incoming data center and Bitcoin mining facility proposals; commission wants time to draft permanent siting standards
• Affected projects: None named; general countywide pause on new data center and greater-than-250kW Bitcoin mining permits and applications.
• Detailed status: Active as of the July 31, 2026 research date. Blocks applications and permits for building, use, zoning, or rezoning approval of data collection, storage, or processing facilities and Bitcoin mining facilities exceeding 250 kW, for six months from the July 21, 2026 adoption. The commission separately directed the Planning and Zoning Commission to begin drafting permanent standards.
• Outcome: Enacted six-month moratorium after an initial motion for a 12-month term failed for lack of a second.

Source: moratorium_inventory.csv · Methodology · Codebook.

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