5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Wright County, Minnesota.
Verified from official government sources
In Wright County cities, trash and recycling carts must be stored out of street view between pickups and kept from overflowing. Buffalo, Monticello, and St. Michael enforce this through their property-maintenance codes.
Wright 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 the county nuisance ordinance.
Wright 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.
Wright County's cities put sidewalk snow and ice on the property owner. Buffalo gives 12 hours after snowfall ends; Monticello allows 48 hours after two inches or more. Miss it and the city clears the walk and bills you.
Buffalo City Code § 38-7
removing Snow & Ice as needed within 12 hours of when the snowfall has ended.
Wright 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 Wright County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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