It's not just City Hall's backlog that's slowing progress on projects either. Major delays into 2022 for new stores, restaurants, offices It’s a struggle,” Van Buskirk Companies President Chad Van Buskirk told the Sioux Falls Business Journal. “We understand they’ve got permit doubles - it’s a major impact on the city. More: Improved parking, more public art planned for Phillips Avenue in Sioux Falls And while that's understandable given the existing worker shortage and a vibrant construction climate, developers say its hindering the Sioux Falls economy. Though the city has added additional staff to review permits, it hasn't been enough to keep up. I think if you took all their building permits, put them together, we were twice as much as those combined,” Eckhoff told Sioux Falls Rotarians during their Nov. “Rapid City., Watertown, Brookings, Madison, Mitchell and Yankton. And it means longer waits for new houses, stores, restaurants and anything else being built in the city. Sioux Falls City Hall is experiencing major delays in processing paperwork necessary for new construction in the city as new building permits are on pace to hit $1 billion this fall.Īccording to the Sioux Falls Planning and Development Services Department, building permit processing is taking up to eight weeks in some cases in Sioux Falls as City Hall deals with a growing backlog of construction applications.Īnd that's about twice as long as it was taking the city two years ago, Sioux Falls planning director Jeff Eckhoff said this week.