5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Scott County, Minnesota.
Verified from official government sources
In Scott County cities, trash and recycling carts must be stored out of street view between pickups and kept from overflowing. Shakopee, Savage, and Prior Lake enforce this through their property-maintenance codes.
Scott County cities enforce property-maintenance codes to fight blight, many built on the International Property Maintenance Code. Peeling paint, junk, inoperable vehicles, and broken structures draw notice, deadlines, and fines. Unincorporated blight runs through county nuisance rules.
Scott County requires vacant and unbuilt lots to be maintained, mowed, cleared of trash, and kept free of hazards. Cities enforce this within their limits; the county handles unincorporated parcels under its nuisance ordinance.
Scott County's cities put sidewalk snow and ice on the property owner. Shakopee and Savage allow 24 hours for commercial walks and 36 hours for other property after snow stops, or the city clears it and bills you.
Scott County cities apply property-maintenance rules to garage sales so they do not become blight. Display goods neatly, pull tables and unsold items out of street view at day's end, and take signs down when the sale ends.
1 cities in Scott County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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