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Pennington County votes to actively enforce vacation-home rental ordinance, staff to consider compliance software

Pennington County Board of Commissioners · March 23, 2026
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Summary

After staff reported roughly 125 registered vacation rentals and an estimated 350'400 total listings, commissioners voted to direct staff to actively enforce the county's vacation-home rental ordinance and discussed buying data-mining software (roughly $13,000) to identify unregistered properties.

Pennington County commissioners voted to direct staff to actively enforce the county's vacation-home rental ordinance after a lengthy discussion about registration gaps, staffing and enforcement workload.

Planning staff reported the county has about 125 registrations or CUPs for vacation-home rentals but estimated total listings in the unincorporated county could be roughly 350 to 400. "We probably have, I would say, about a 125. I'm guessing we…

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