ADU Pass
Blunt
ADU Pass helps homeowners in Blunt, Hughes County, South Dakota navigate the permit paperwork for building an accessory dwelling unit. This area covers 1 ZIP code.
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Hughes County — county ADU rules and overlays
County ADU ordinance
Hughes County (state-capital county; ~17,500 residents — central South Dakota; encompassing Pierre — the state capital — Fort Pierre fringe in adjacent Stanley County, Harrold, Blunt, and unincorporated tracts in the Missouri Coteau and Missouri River valley including Lake Oahe shoreline) regulates land use in unincorporated areas through the Hughes County Zoning Ordinance, administered by the Hughes County Planning Commission. South Dakota has no statewide ADU preemption — South Dakota's stateAduLaw is netEffect 'no-statewide-law' — and the state delegates zoning authority to counties (SDCL Ch. 11-2) and municipalities. The Hughes County Zoning Ordinance permits 'accessory residential dwellings' in agricultural and large-lot residential districts (A, RA, R-1) by right on parcels of typically 1+ acres subject to size limits (commonly 1,000 sq ft or 50% of principal dwelling), one-per-lot limit, and parking. Smaller residential districts treat ADUs as conditional uses requiring Board of Adjustment approval. Pierre (population ~14,000) is the smallest US state capital by population and the dominant municipality in Hughes County.
County regulatory overlays
Federal (United States) — ADU-relevant rules and programs
Federal ADU law
The United States has no federal statute that directly regulates accessory dwelling unit entitlement or design. Land-use authority over ADUs resides with states and local governments under the traditional police power. Federal engagement is limited to financing (Fannie/Freddie/FHA/VA/USDA), flood insurance (FEMA/NFIP), and discretionary housing programs (HUD), which are recorded in sibling sections of this file.
Federal financing programs
Federal housing-finance agencies and GSEs set nationwide underwriting rules that govern whether an ADU can be financed, appraised, and counted toward mortgage qualifying income. The relevant actors are Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA (HUD), VA, and USDA Rural Development.
Federal tax credits
There is no ADU-specific federal tax credit. ADUs may incidentally qualify for existing federal energy-efficiency and clean-energy tax credits when the ADU construction includes qualifying measures.
Federal housing programs
HUD administers several discretionary programs that can fund ADU-related activity at the grantee's election, but none is an ADU-specific program.
ZIP Code
- 57522
Post Office
- 301 N Main St, 57522