Animal Ordinances in Blaine, MN (2026)
10 verified animal ordinances for Blaine, Minnesota, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
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Chickens & Livestock
Blaine allows backyard hens as an accessory use in several residential zones. Up to six (6) hens are permitted and no roosters are allowed. A one-time registration with a site/coop plan is required, and the coop and run must meet specific size and setback standards. Larger farm animals are limited to agricultural/farm-residential zones.
Blaine Backyard Chickens
Some RestrictionsDog Leash Laws
Blaine requires dogs off the owner's private property to be under control and restrained on a leash. Dogs on city park land or open space must be leashed and may go unrestrained only in officially designated off-leash areas. Loose dogs ('at large') can be impounded and the owner cited.
Blaine Dog Leash Laws
Some RestrictionsBreed Restrictions
Blaine has no breed-specific ban - it cannot legally enact one. Minnesota Statute 347.51, subd. 8 prohibits any city from regulating dangerous or potentially dangerous dogs based solely on breed. Blaine instead uses the state's behavior-based dangerous/potentially dangerous dog framework, which applies to any dog regardless of breed.
Blaine Dog Breed Restrictions
Few RestrictionsBeekeeping
Blaine restricts honey bees by zoning. According to the University of Minnesota Bee Lab's ordinance index (citing Blaine Section 14-225), areas zoned residential may not keep honey bees, while agriculturally zoned areas may. That makes backyard beekeeping in most Blaine neighborhoods prohibited.
Blaine Beekeeping Rules
Heavy RestrictionsExotic Pets
Blaine does not permit non-domesticated, wild animals as pets, and Minnesota Statute 346.155 bans private possession of 'regulated animals' - large cats, bears, and nonhuman primates - statewide. Between the city's prohibition on wild animals and state law, dangerous exotics are off-limits in Blaine.
Blaine Exotic Pet Rules
Heavy RestrictionsWildlife Feeding
Blaine bans the intentional feeding of wild and feral animals. Under Section 14-228, effective April 1, 2017, no person may feed wild or feral animals or small mammals within the city. Bird feeders are allowed only if placed or designed to keep wild animals out.
Blaine Wildlife Feeding Ban
Heavy RestrictionsLivestock
Farm animals such as cattle, horses, sheep, and goats are not allowed in Blaine's standard residential zones and are limited to agricultural and farm-residential zoning districts. The main residential exception is backyard hens (up to six, no roosters) permitted by separate registration in certain residential zones.
Blaine Livestock Rules
Heavy RestrictionsAnimal Hoarding
Blaine has no separate 'hoarding' ordinance, but its pet limits effectively cap animal numbers - up to three dogs licensed per residence and up to three domestic pets of any one type. Excessive animals are addressed through limit enforcement, nuisance rules, and Minnesota's state animal-cruelty and neglect laws.
Blaine Animal Hoarding Rules
Some RestrictionsPet Limits
Blaine's code allows up to three dogs to be licensed at one residence. The city's community standards guidance also limits households to three domestic pets of any one type over four months of age. Backyard hens are capped separately at six per permitted property.
Blaine Pet Limits
Some RestrictionsCat Rules
Blaine does not license cats and has no specific stray-cat ordinance. Cats are not subject to the dog leash and licensing rules, though the city's general limit of three domestic pets of one type still applies, and the city's wildlife-feeding ban prohibits feeding feral cats.
Blaine Cat Rules
Few RestrictionsLooking for Anoka County county-wide rules?
County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Blaine city rules.
Animal Ordinances in Anoka County →