5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
Verified from official government sources
Ramsey County (Minnesota) does not regulate where residents store trash carts. Collection and cart rules are municipal. In St. Paul, carts go out by 6 a.m. on collection day at the alley or curb, kept three feet apart, and cannot sit in streets, behind fences, or behind cars.
Ramsey County (Minnesota) does not run a countywide property-blight or nuisance code for its incorporated cities. Blight, junk accumulation, and exterior-maintenance standards are enforced by each city. St. Paul, the county seat, uses Legislative Code Chapters 34 and 45 (nuisance abatement).
Ramsey County (Minnesota) does not maintain a countywide vacant-lot ordinance for incorporated cities. Cities require upkeep and, for buildings, registration. St. Paul requires vacant buildings to be registered with its Department of Safety and Inspections and kept secure and maintained.
Ramsey County (Minnesota) does not license garage sales — cities do. In St. Paul, residential garage/yard sales need no city license but are limited to three sales per year, each up to 72 consecutive hours, selling only the occupant's own property.
Ramsey County (Minnesota) sets no residential grass-height limit for its cities — that is municipal (St. Paul requires grass/weeds under eight inches). Statewide, Minn. Stat. §18.78 makes every landowner responsible for controlling noxious weeds as ordered by an 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 manage all noxious weeds, according to the noxious weed categories under section 18.771, on the land at a time and in a manner ordered by an inspector or county-designated employee.
1 cities in Ramsey County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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