5 rules for unincorporated Dakota County, Minnesota.
Verified from official government sources
Cart set-out and storage rules are set by your city or hauler, but Dakota County Ordinance 110 requires trash, recycling, and organics containers to carry a visible, color-coded label (blue recycling, green organics, gray/black trash) showing accepted materials.
Dakota County Ordinance 110, Sec. 16.06
Ensure each trash, recycling, and organics container has a visible sign or label ... Is color-coded: blue for recycling; green for organics; and, gray or black for trash. Is visible and legible to users.
Dakota County does not run a countywide blight or nuisance-abatement code for private yards. In Minnesota, cities regulate blight, junk, and dilapidated structures under their police power and zoning authority (Minn. Stat. Ch. 462). Report blight to your city (Eagan, Burnsville, Lakeville, Hastings, etc.).
Dakota County has no countywide vacant-lot maintenance ordinance. Cities require owners to keep vacant lots free of tall grass, weeds, junk, and debris under their nuisance codes (Minn. Stat. Ch. 462). The county's Noxious Weed Law duty (Minn. Stat. 18.78) still applies to any land.
Minn. Stat. 18.78, subd. 1
A person owning land, a person occupying land, or a person responsible for the maintenance of public land must control or eradicate all noxious weeds on the land at a time and in a manner ordered by an inspector or county-designated employee.
Dakota County has no countywide garage- or yard-sale ordinance. Whether you need a permit, and how many sales per year you may hold, is set by your city under Minn. Stat. Ch. 462. Some cities require a free permit; many allow a limited number of sales without one.
Dakota County sets no countywide grass-height limit; cities set their own (commonly 8 inches) under Minn. Stat. Ch. 462. For designated noxious weeds, the Minnesota Noxious Weed Law (Minn. Stat. 18.78) requires all landowners to control them as ordered by the local weed inspector.
Minn. Stat. 18.78, subd. 1
A person owning land, a person occupying land, or a person responsible for the maintenance of public land must control or eradicate all noxious weeds on the land at a time and in a manner ordered by an inspector or county-designated employee.
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