Public Conduct in Woodbury, MN (2026)
6 verified public conduct rules for Woodbury, Minnesota, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Skateboarding Rules
Woodbury bans riding a skateboard or similar self-propelled wheeled device on private property without permission, being towed by a vehicle or bicycle, riding carelessly, breaking state traffic rules for pedestrians and cyclists, or riding on posted city property. Police can impound a violating device on the spot, holding it 24 hours for adult riders, under City Code §§ 14-131 and 14-132.
Woodbury Skateboard and Wheeled-Device Rules
Some RestrictionsWoodbury City Code § 14-131
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride or operate a self-propelled wheeled device under any of the following conditions: (a)Upon private property of another without the express permission to do so by the owner or occupant of said property.(b)In any area within the city while being pushed, pulled or in any way propelled by any motorized vehicle or by a person on a bicycle.(c)In a careless, ...
Loud Party Ordinance
Woodbury outlaws noisy parties and gatherings that unreasonably disturb neighbors, presuming a violation under City Code § 13-1(c)(6) when gathering noise is plainly audible 50 feet away between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Police can order everyone but the host to disperse, and refusing to leave is a separate violation.
Woodbury's Noisy Party and Gathering Ban
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury, MN Code of Ordinances § 13-1(c)(6)
(6)Noisy parties and gatherings. No person shall permit or participate in any party or gathering of people, on public or private property, giving rise to noise, unreasonably disturbing the peace, quiet or report of a reasonable person or reasonable persons. It shall be presumed that a violation of this section has occurred when any noise from a gathering is plainly audible, at a distance of 50 ...
Loitering Rules
Woodbury's disorderly conduct ordinance makes it a crime to congregate on a public street, highway or other public place in a way that blocks access to a building or free passage, and then refuse to move when a police officer orders the group to clear the area. City Code § 13-6(5) treats this as disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor.
Woodbury Public Loitering and Obstruction Ban
Some RestrictionsWoodbury City Code § 13-6(5)
Whoever does any of the following in a public or private place, knowing or having reasonable grounds to know that it will tend to alarm, anger or disturb others or to provoke assault or a breach of the peace, is guilty of disorderly conduct: ... (5)Congregates with others on a public street or highway or other public place in a manner which obstructs access to or from any building or place, or ...
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Woodbury bars any tobacco product within 100 feet of a beach, athletic field or playground inside city parks and open spaces, and bans tobacco outright on the grounds of Central Park, Ojibway Park and the Sports Center. City Code § 16-68 enforces the rule alongside the city's parallel ban on public cannabis smoking.
Woodbury Park Tobacco Smoking Ban
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury City Code § 16-68
(a)No person shall use any form of tobacco product within 100 feet of any beach, athletic field or playground contained within any public site or open space.(b)No tobacco product shall be used by any person upon the grounds of the facilities at Central Park, Ojibway Park or the Sports Center.
Public Marijuana Use
Woodbury bans smoking cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles and hemp-derived consumer products anywhere in the city that counts as a "public place," with narrow exceptions for private residences, private property whose owner allows it, and licensed on-site consumption venues. City Code § 13-12 makes a violation a petty misdemeanor.
Woodbury Public Cannabis Smoking Ban
Heavy RestrictionsWoodbury City Code § 13-12(b), (d)-(e)
(b)Intent. It is the intent of this section to ban the smoking of cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles or hemp-derived consumer products in public places the city as broadly as allowable under the provisions of Minn. Stats. § 152.0263, subd. 5. ... (d)Prohibited activity. No person shall engage in smoking cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles o...
Public Alcohol Use
Woodbury bans open containers of alcohol on streets, highways, in vehicles, and in liquor-licensed parking lots under City Code Sec. 4-12(b). A separate parks rule, Sec. 16-59, bars drinking in any public site or open space between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. and bans it outright, permit or not, in Menomini Park and Carver Lake Park.
Woodbury Open Container & Public Drinking Law
Some RestrictionsWoodbury City Code Sec. 4-12(b); Sec. 16-59(a), (c)
(b)No alcoholic beverages shall be sold or consumed or possessed in an open container on a street or public highway, in an automobile, or in a parking lot of an establishment currently holding a liquor license. The licensee shall post and maintain in a conspicuous place within the licensed premises at the exits clearly visible to customers: one sign 14½ inches wide by eight inches high, which s...
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