Duluth, MN

Duluth does not require microchipping for pets generally, but Duluth Legislative Code Section 6-13(f) requires proof of microchip identification, along with proof of public liability…

In the City of Duluth, a pet shop may sell animals only under an annual license from Duluth Legislative Code Sections 6-82 and 6-83, backed by a $3,000 corporate surety bond and a…

In the City of Duluth, dogs and cats adopted from the city animal shelter or a nonprofit rescue must be spayed or neutered before the new owner takes possession, under Duluth…

In the City of Duluth, every cat over eight weeks of age must be licensed under Duluth Legislative Code Section 6-11, the same requirement applied to dogs. Owners pay an annual or…

Duluth Legislative Code Section 6-55 bars anyone, or their animal, from injuring or destroying a bird's nest, refuge or shelter on public or private property in the city, or from…

Duluth Legislative Code Section 6-36 bars any animal, including dogs, from running at large within the city. An animal off its owner's property must be under physical control on a…

Duluth Legislative Code Section 6-39 caps most households at five combined dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits or other domesticated animals over four months old, and specifically caps dogs…

Duluth Legislative Code Section 6-73 bans owning, possessing or keeping any nondomesticated animal as a pet within the city, and bars offering one for sale unless federal or state law…

In the City of Duluth, Chapter 6's ban on keeping nondomesticated animals as pets does not reach genuine wildlife rehabilitation. Duluth Legislative Code Section 6-74(d) exempts anyone…

In the City of Duluth, feeding wild deer is banned everywhere, on public land and on your own property, under Duluth Legislative Code Section 6-78. Feeding pigeons is banned in every…

In the City of Duluth, keeping backyard chickens requires an annual city clerk license outside the Rural-Conservation and Residential-Rural 1 zones, and Duluth Legislative Code Section…

In the City of Duluth, keeping honeybees needs an annual city clerk license outside the Rural-Conservation and Residential-Rural 1 zones, and Duluth Legislative Code Section 6-80.1…

In the City of Duluth, anyone running a commercial grooming shop or mobile grooming shop must hold an annual license under Duluth Legislative Code Sections 6-82 through 6-84, pay a…

Duluth does not regulate dogs by breed; instead, Duluth Legislative Code Section 6-93 lets the animal control authority impose individualized restrictions on any dog it has declared…

In the City of Duluth, where a veterinarian or animal hospital can operate depends on zone district: large-animal practices are confined to the R-C and RR-1 districts with a 100-foot…

In the City of Duluth, a landlord who fails to provide required smoke detectors in a rental unit is subject to a tenant self-help remedy under the Legislative Code. If the landlord…

In the City of Duluth, open burning is prohibited unless the fire chief, deputy fire chief or fire marshal issues a permit, and even a valid permit can never authorize burning leaves…

Duluth Legislative Code §§ 21-40 to 21-44 require a fire chief permit before anyone stores or sells "lawfully permitted fireworks" such as sparklers and snappers at retail, restrict…

Residential propane tanks get a double break in St. Louis County's zoning ordinance: they are classified as a no-permit Utility Facility Class I use, and the code's own definition of…

Minnesota DNR designates statewide and regional wildfire restriction zones during elevated fire danger, suspending all burning permits. Restrictions apply uniformly within designated…

In the City of Duluth, storing an abandoned or inoperative vehicle on any real property, including private property, for 14 days or more is a public nuisance and a misdemeanor unless…

In the City of Duluth, no vehicle may sit parked on any street or highway for more than 24 consecutive hours. A second rule tightens overnight parking further in the congested downtown…

In the City of Duluth, Duluth Legislative Code § 33-82 bars stopping, standing or parking in seventeen specific situations, including in front of driveways, on sidewalks, within…

In the City of Duluth, loading zones and truck zones run 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on non-holiday weekdays, and only vehicles actively loading or unloading passengers or freight may stop…

In the City of Duluth, the director of public works can declare a snow emergency by 4:00 p.m., effective 9:00 p.m. that day, banning parking on designated snow emergency streets until…

In the City of Duluth, Duluth Legislative Code § 33-97.10 bars parking any truck over 5,500 pounds net weight (10,000 pounds gross) or any semi-trailer, trailer or road tractor on a…

In the City of Duluth, a camping trailer or recreational vehicle cannot be parked, stored or occupied outside a licensed trailer camp, but Duluth Legislative Code § 33-97.11 allows…

In the City of Duluth, the city council may create resident permit parking zones by resolution after a public hearing; once posted, only vehicles displaying a valid resident's permit…

In the City of Duluth, the curb along a loading or truck zone gets painted only after an abutting property owner applies and pays for it. Duluth Legislative Code § 33-87 bills the…

In the City of Duluth, off-street parking areas in residential zone districts must be surfaced in a dust-free, hard material such as concrete or bituminous pavement, or pervious…

In the City of Duluth, new parking lots serving multi-family or hotel/motel developments must provide electric vehicle charging or EV-ready wiring for at least 10 percent of spaces…

Minnesota Statutes chapter 168B governs nonconsensual towing and impoundment. It sets no cap on hookup, mileage, storage, or gate fees, and it creates no drop fee for an owner who…

Duluth's disorderly conduct ordinance bars loud music or electronically amplified noise from a dwelling that disturbs a neighboring apartment, dwelling or building, and separately bans…

Duluth bars motor vehicles from emitting electronically amplified sound plainly audible 50 feet away, requires an effective muffler, and bans engine retarding brakes (jake brakes) that…

Duluth Legislative Code Section 6-33(a) makes it unlawful to harbor or keep a dog whose loud and frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling causes reasonable annoyance to another…

Aircraft noise in Minnesota is governed primarily by federal aviation rules, with state oversight through the Metropolitan Airports Commission and MnDOT airport zoning standards. Local…

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency sets statewide numerical noise limits for stationary sources under Minn. Rules Chapter 7030. Limits vary by Noise Area Classification and time of…

In the City of Duluth, yard waste may only go into a back yard compost site or the licensed yard waste compost facility, never loose in a lot or alley. City code requires backyard…

In the City of Duluth, homeowners must trim any private tree or shrub that overhangs a public street or sidewalk easement to a clear height of 14 feet over vehicle travel lanes and ten…

In the City of Duluth, removing a special-species tree of 20 inches or more in trunk diameter is prohibited on any development site unless the city forester, city engineer or land use…

Duluth's Unified Development Chapter treats rainwater harvesting tanks as accessory features that must sit in side or rear yards, while accessory rain gardens get more room and may go…

Minnesota Statutes §18.78 makes every landowner, land occupant, and public-land caretaker responsible for managing noxious weeds under the categories set in §18.771…

The City of Duluth caps how many guests a licensed vacation dwelling unit can host: one person plus two per bedroom, capped at nine total, and no more than four bedrooms may be rented…

In the City of Duluth, an accessory vacation dwelling unit, limited, may only be rented for a combined total of 21 nights per year, with each individual stay running two to seven…

Duluth requires licensed vacation dwelling units to provide off-street parking scaled to bedroom count: units licensed on or before May 15, 2016 need one space for one to two bedrooms…

Operating a vacation dwelling unit in the City of Duluth requires an interim use permit under the Unified Development Chapter plus any other city and state licenses needed for guest…

Duluth's accessory home share permit is limited to property owners who live in the owner-occupied, homesteaded home being rented. Unified Development Chapter § 50-20.5.H.1 caps it at…

Duluth requires a permanent resident to generally be present whenever an accessory home share is occupied by guests. Unified Development Chapter § 50-20.5.H.7 also caps stays at 29…

St. Louis County no longer fixes a dollar license fee in Ordinance No. 16 itself. A 1974 amendment, effective January 1, 1975, rewrote Section 3(f) to hand fee-setting to the St. Louis…

St. Louis County does not set fixed quiet hours by ordinance, but the Planning and Zoning Director can impose quiet hours as a condition on any short-term rental permit. Zoning…

Every short-term rental permit holder in unincorporated St. Louis County must carry general liability insurance covering the property's use as a rental. Zoning Ordinance 62 requires…

In the City of Duluth, a shed or other accessory structure cannot exceed 20 feet in height, cannot cover more than 30 percent of the rear yard by itself, and all accessory structures…

Duluth allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot under Unified Development Chapter § 50-20.5.E, capped at 800 square feet and no taller than the main house or 20 feet, whichever is…

St. Louis County's zoning code bars renting an accessory dwelling on its own: Section 6.11 says the unit cannot be used for commercial or rental purposes separate from the main…

St. Louis County's zoning ordinance names tiny homes directly: a detached tiny home qualifies as a Principal Dwelling, Single-family the same as a stick-built house, mobile home or…

Home occupations in Duluth cannot bring more than two client appointments per hour or four clients on site at once, and visits are confined to 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. under Unified…

The City of Duluth regulates accessory day care facilities under Unified Development Chapter § 50-20.5.D. New day cares must provide off-street pick-up and drop-off parking sized to…

Duluth allows home occupations as an accessory residential use under Unified Development Chapter § 50-20.5.G, but confines them indoors, bars retail sales and non-family employees, and…

Duluth bars any street-visible display for a home occupation. Unified Development Chapter § 50-20.5.G.6 says no display pertaining to the business may be visible from the street, and…

Minnesota Statutes section 28A.152 establishes the statewide cottage food exemption, allowing home producers to sell certain non-potentially-hazardous foods directly to consumers after…

Minnesota has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, and its food code closes the door from the other side. Minn. R. 4626.1425 says a private home, a room used as living…

In the City of Duluth, a fence between the house and the front property line can't top four feet, or six feet if it's an ornamental material like wrought iron that's at least 50…

In the City of Duluth, front-yard fences can't be chain link, electrically charged, barbed or razor wire, or temporary plastic snow fencing, though vinyl-coated chain link up to four…

In the City of Duluth, any fence taller than four feet needs an approved zoning permit before construction, and no fence of any height may be built in a dedicated public right-of-way…

In the City of Duluth, a new retaining wall visible from a street or a neighboring property must be terraced if it's over six feet, capped at three tiers with four-foot planting…

Minnesota's partition fence law, Minn. Stat. chapter 344, makes adjoining landowners build and maintain a boundary fence in equal shares when both parcels raise livestock and one owner…

Minnesota Department of Health rules under Minn. R. Chapter 4717 govern public pool operation including water quality, lifeguarding, and safety equipment. The rules apply uniformly to…

The Minnesota State Building Code requires construction permits for residential and public pools statewide. Local jurisdictions enforce the code but cannot adopt less restrictive…

In the City of Duluth, the Housing and Property Maintenance Code adopts the 2012 International Property Maintenance Code by reference as the minimum habitability standard for every…

In the City of Duluth, no owner may let any portion of a rental unit to a tenant unless it holds a rental license under Duluth Legislative Code § 29A-28. Applications go to the code…

Since a 2023 amendment, Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.321, subd. 1a requires a landlord to give a tenant 14 days' written notice before filing an eviction for nonpayment of rent. The notice…

Under Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.211 a landlord must give reasonable notice of not less than 24 hours before entering a tenant's unit and may enter only for a reasonable business purpose…

Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.177 caps late fees on residential rent at 8% of the overdue rent payment and allows a late fee only if landlord and tenant agreed to it in writing. The statute…

Under Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.135, either party may end a tenancy at will with written notice at least as long as the rent interval or three months, whichever is less. For monthly rent…

Minnesota has no statewide rent cap and generally bars local rent control under Minn. Stat. § 471.9996, but it carves out one exception: a city, county, or town may control rents if…

Minnesota has no rent control statute and no dollar cap on rent increases. A rent change on a month-to-month tenancy takes effect at a new term, so notice follows the termination rule…

Minnesota sets no statutory cap on residential security deposits under Minn. Stat. § 504B.178. The landlord must return the deposit, plus 1% simple interest, within three weeks after…

Minn. Stat. Sec. 541.02 sets a 15-year limitations period to recover real estate, the basis for adverse possession. For platted, taxed land the claimant must also have paid the…

In the City of Duluth, anyone who erects a scaffold on or above a public sidewalk must first fence or guard the work area under Duluth Legislative Code Sec. 45-22, protecting…

No electrical apparatus, wiring or fixture regulated by the State Building Code may be put into operation in the City of Duluth until an approved final permit is issued. The building…

In the City of Duluth, keeping a rental building's elevators in compliance with the municipal code is a landlord duty enforceable through the tenant repair-and-deduct process created…

In the City of Duluth, every hotel or motel room exit door must have a deadbolt lock meeting Duluth Legislative Code § 29-11's specifications: a turn-knob or key-operated bolt with at…

In the City of Duluth, anyone installing, altering, or working on plumbing in a building or on premises connected to plumbing must first get a separate permit from the building…

Every electrical installation or alteration in the City of Duluth must be inspected by the building official before it's covered up. Section 10-25 of the Duluth Legislative Code…

Childcare and daycare centers, along with schools, hospitals and larger group-care facilities, are banned outright in Safety Zone 2.5 around Duluth International Airport under the…

Moving a building across Duluth, razing one, or installing a mobile home all need a special permit under § 10-2 of the Duluth Legislative Code, and starting any permitted work before…

New residential projects of three or more units and non-residential projects of 10,000 square feet or more must earn sustainability points from Duluth's menu of green-building options…

The City of Duluth has adopted a formal welcoming and non-cooperation policy: city employees, officers and agents cannot use city resources to help enforce federal civil immigration…

Duluth requires a city license to operate an adult bookstore or adult entertainment establishment and bars them within 2,000 feet of churches, schools, parks, residential zones…

No one may manufacture, sell, exchange, barter or keep tobacco or tobacco related devices, including electronic cigarettes, for sale in the City of Duluth without first obtaining a…

No one may operate a massage establishment in the City of Duluth without a license for each location, and every massage therapist working there must separately hold a city license…

In the City of Duluth, no company may offer emergency wrecker service without a city license under Duluth Legislative Code § 33-246, and licensees must carry liability coverage up to…

In the City of Duluth, no one may operate as a pawnbroker without a license from the city clerk under Duluth Legislative Code § 36-2, and a pawn transaction made without one is void…

In the City of Duluth, a secondhand dealer who buys or sells items containing gold, silver or platinum must hold a precious metal dealer license under Duluth Legislative Code § 36-17…

Duluth flatly bars motor vehicle repair as a home occupation. Unified Development Chapter § 50-20.5.G.10 prohibits any accessory home-based auto repair, and separately bars repairing…

The City of Duluth bans selling, offering for sale or distributing any flavored tobacco product, with a narrow exception for tobacco-only shops that exclude anyone under 21 and derive…

Minnesota raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco and electronic delivery devices to 21 in 2020 through changes tied to Minn. Stat. 461.12 and 609.685, aligning with federal Tobacco…

In the City of Duluth, city code's loitering prohibition targets one specific structure: the Aerial Lift Bridge in Canal Park. No person or vehicle may loiter on the bridge or on…

Duluth prohibits urinating or defecating on any street, alley, sidewalk, parking area, playground, pier, beach, lakeshore, pathway, golf course or public park, and anywhere else open…

Duluth bans keeping a dwelling, gaming area, party room or meeting area that attracts people whose arrival, departure or activity unreasonably disturbs the peace, quiet, comfort or…

In the City of Duluth, Duluth Legislative Code Section 8-22 bans drinking or possessing alcohol in any public place unless the location holds an on-sale or temporary on-sale license…

In the City of Duluth, smoking or chewing tobacco, cannabinoid products, or other 'prohibited substances' is illegal in specific public places under Duluth Legislative Code § 28-64…

In the City of Duluth, riding a skateboard, inline skates or rollerskates is banned at all times in public parks, on library and civic center grounds, and on downtown business-district…

Consuming cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles or hemp-derived items anywhere the City of Duluth defines as a public place is illegal unless the site holds a…

Duluth bars minors under 16 from public streets, parks and other unsupervised public places between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., and 16 and 17 year olds between 12:01 a.m. and 5:00 a.m…

Duluth closes public parks and recreation areas, except Canal Park, between midnight and 6:00 a.m., and the director may additionally close any park from 10:00 p.m. to midnight by…

In the City of Duluth, licensed haulers run solid waste pickup at least weekly and recycling pickup at least monthly, and they must post a schedule naming the collection day and the…

In the City of Duluth, a single bulky item like an appliance, a piece of furniture or a water heater can go out with regular trash, but only if the resident arranges it with their…

Duluth Legislative Code §§ 24-17 and 24-19 require every owner of a residential structure with four or fewer units to arrange recyclables collection through a licensed collector, and…

Duluth does not run curbside yard waste pickup: Duluth Legislative Code § 24-29(b) bars dumping yard waste, tree branches or brush anywhere in the city except at a backyard compost…

Duluth Legislative Code § 24-5 bans dumping solid waste, manure, household hazardous waste, tires, used motor oil, lead-acid batteries, yard waste or infectious waste on any street…

Duluth Legislative Code § 24-17.1 bars mixing yard waste, motor oil, batteries, tires, medical or hazardous waste, and ordinary recyclables into the solid waste containers a licensed…

Duluth Legislative Code § 24-18 caps residential garbage containers at 32 gallons and 45 pounds for buildings of four units or fewer, requires a tight, watertight, handled container…

In the City of Duluth, commercial dumpsters, grease tanks, and cardboard compactors serving multi-family, commercial, institutional, or mixed-use properties can't sit in a front yard…

Ordinance No. 45 requires every property owner, lessee, or occupant within the county's Solid Waste Management Area to arrange lawful collection, transportation, and disposal of all…

Duluth bans camping or establishing a campsite on any city-owned land or right-of-way without authorization, citing garbage, human waste and fire hazards, and requires police to offer…

In the City of Duluth, no group or company of persons may assemble on a public street or sidewalk so as to block free passage without first obtaining a special-event permit under…

Duluth requires a park permit from the director of parks and recreation for picnics of 40 or more, commercial operations, special events and performances over 40 attendees, and…

In the City of Duluth, a restaurant that wants to put tables and chairs on the public sidewalk must get a sidewalk use permit under Unified Development Chapter Section 50-37.12 before…

A Duluth block party, defined by Duluth Legislative Code Sec. 45-47(b) as a residential gathering confined to one or two adjoining city blocks and approved by every abutting property…

A Duluth community festival, defined by Duluth Legislative Code Sec. 45-47(c) as a public gathering for social, recreational or artistic purposes run by a civic, charitable or other…

Duluth defines a parade in Duluth Legislative Code Sec. 45-47(i) as any organized procession of persons or vehicles other than a funeral procession moving on a street, and Sec. 45-50…

In the City of Duluth, commercial filming is folded into the same special events fee schedule as parades and festivals, but it gets its own tiers. Low impact shoots and high impact…

In the City of Duluth, a tenant complaint is one of two triggers the code names for a rental inspection: Duluth Legislative Code § 29A-33(a) requires every licensed rental unit to be…

In the City of Duluth, every licensed rental unit is subject to an ongoing inspection program: Duluth Legislative Code § 29A-33 lets the code official inspect at license time or…

Anyone who wants to excavate, obstruct or place equipment in, on or above a public street, sidewalk, alley or highway in the City of Duluth needs a permit from the city engineer first…

In the City of Duluth, it is unlawful to obstruct any sidewalk, street, highway or alley with an object, material, or debris such as dust, shavings or ashes, under Duluth Legislative…

In the City of Duluth, the city engineer repairs or replaces public sidewalks rather than requiring the abutting owner to do the work directly, but Duluth Legislative Code § 45-82.4…

Duluth Legislative Code § 21-1 adopts the Minnesota State Fire Code, including International Fire Code Appendix K, titled "fires or barbecues on balconies or patios," as amended by…

In the City of Duluth, fires and barbecues on balconies and patios fall under the Minnesota State Fire Code appendices the city has formally adopted into its own code, Appendix K and…

In the City of Duluth, no one may operate a mobile food cart or mobile food vehicle without a license issued under Duluth Legislative Code § 27-17. The license replaces the general…

In the City of Duluth, mobile food vehicles, the motorized or trailered kind, cannot vend from public sidewalks. Duluth Legislative Code § 27-22(b) draws the prohibited-locations line…

In the City of Duluth, mobile food carts and vehicles cannot vend everywhere: Duluth Legislative Code § 27-22 bars them from the Lakewalk and Baywalk outright and requires Parks and…

In the City of Duluth, a resident's own boat dock is a permitted accessory use with no limit on how many boats the owner keeps there, but renting dock space to others is capped and…

Under Minnesota Statutes Section 444.075 and its own charter authority, the City of Duluth runs a stormwater utility that charges every property owner a fee based on impervious surface…

Anything built in a Duluth floodplain must clear the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation, and critical facilities need two extra feet above the Base Flood Elevation or the…

Any construction, fill, fence, deck or watercourse work inside a Duluth Special Flood Hazard Area needs a floodplain permit first, and the Floodway District bans new structures…

Any land-disturbing activity inside a Duluth shoreland triggers a mandatory erosion and sediment control requirement, and grading or filling above 250 square feet or ten cubic yards in…

Development along Minnesota's Lake Superior shoreland outside Duluth must meet the standards in the North Shore Management Plan, set statewide by Minnesota Rules 6120.2800, subpart 1a…

In the City of Duluth, peddlers and transient merchants need a city license before going door-to-door, while pure solicitors, those only taking orders for future delivery, skip the…

Residential development or redevelopment inside a Duluth shoreland, within 1,000 feet of Lake Superior or 300 feet of a river, creek or stream, cannot cover more than 25 percent of the…

In the City of Duluth, the Unified Development Chapter sets fixed yard setbacks for the R-1 Residential-Traditional district: a front yard tied to the block face, a 6-foot general side…

In the City of Duluth, a building in the R-1 Residential-Traditional district is capped at 30 feet under the Unified Development Chapter, though chimneys, towers, spires, skylights and…

The City of Duluth adds a 2.5 percent tax on top of the citywide lodging tax on gross receipts from renting rooms for less than 30 days, but only at hotels and motels with more than 30…

In the City of Duluth, no one may plant vegetation on public property, including street boulevards and rights-of-way, without written approval from a city tree inspector first…

In the City of Duluth, any resident can nominate a tree to the natural resources commission for heritage-tree designation, which the city council makes by resolution under Duluth…

In the City of Duluth, ten native tree species, including white and Norway pines, white cedars, white spruces, eastern hemlocks, sugar maples, American basswoods, American elms, yellow…

In the City of Duluth, anyone who owns, leases or occupies property abutting a public sidewalk must clear snow within 24 hours of a snowfall's end, per Duluth Legislative Code § 45-57…

When Duluth's building official finds a structure so damaged that repair would cost more than 60 percent of its fair market value, § 10-3 orders it torn down. Owners get a written…

In the City of Duluth, solar collectors installed under the Unified Development Chapter must clear specific siting and height limits before a permit issues. Ground-mounted systems stay…

St. Louis County skips the permit process entirely for small residential solar installations. A ground-mount system of 160 square feet or less needs no land use permit at all under…

Minn. Stat. 500.216 bars homeowners associations and other private entities from prohibiting a roof-mounted solar energy system on a qualifying single-family home. Effective July 1…

In the City of Duluth, an interim outdoor living site, the zoning code's term for a permitted temporary homeless encampment or overnight shelter site, must provide at least one sharps…

Under St. Louis County's Food and Beverage Establishment Ordinance, a rodent or insect infestation counts as an imminent health hazard that lets the county Administrator order a food…

St. Louis County's Food and Beverage Establishment Ordinance (No. 59) adopts Minnesota's Food Manager Certification rule and makes compliance with it a condition of getting a county…

In the City of Duluth, commercial film production counts as a special event under Chapter 45, so producers must secure a permit from the city before filming at any location. Duluth…

Downtown Duluth's building form is locked in by the Unified Development Chapter's F-7 and F-8 Form Districts, which require the specific Main Street Building III type along Superior…

Exterior changes, new construction, moving a building or demolition inside one of Duluth's two historic preservation districts, or affecting an individually designated landmark, all…

The City of Duluth has not opted out of cannabis retail. Every OCM-licensed cannabis retail business must instead register with the city and clear a zoning compliance check before…

St. Louis County Cannabis Ordinance No. 68 keeps any licensed cannabis business at least 1,000 feet from a school and at least 500 feet from a licensed day care, a residential…

Minnesota Statutes section 342.09 allows adults 21 and older to cultivate up to eight cannabis plants per residence, with no more than four mature, statewide. Cities cannot prohibit…

Duluth's City Council may establish marked bicycle lanes and paths by resolution under Duluth Legislative Code § 9-5. Once one exists, cyclists may pass slower cars on the left inside…

Duluth's ordinance does not split electric-assisted bicycles into Class 1, 2 or 3 tiers for where they may ride. Section 9-2 borrows a single state definition, Minn. Stat. § 169.011…

Companies running dockless shared bikes or scooters in Duluth need an annual Shared Active Mobility System (SAMS) license, and their devices go dark overnight. Chapter 9A bars any…

Minnesota runs two separate tracks. A motorized golf cart, ATV, utility task vehicle or mini truck may use a public road only where the county, city or town has passed an ordinance…

In the City of Duluth, no exterior sign may cover a window or door, and a window sign printed on transparent film is measured only by the area of its individual letters or logos, so…

In the City of Duluth, political signs are treated as noncommercial message signs under the Unified Development Chapter. Election signs of any size can go up without a zoning permit…

Electronic billboards are allowed only in Duluth's MU-C, MU-B and I-G zoning districts, and only if the owner offsets the new sign with exception credits or removed nonconforming…

Billboards along Interstate 35 and Interstate 535 in Duluth must be spaced at least 800 feet apart, tighter than the standard 500-foot spacing that applies to billboards on other…

Duluth regulates billboard illumination separately from ordinary business-sign lighting. Under the Unified Development Chapter, an electronic billboard's brightness is capped at 5,000…

Duluth caps exterior lighting at the property line for multi-family, commercial, institutional and industrial sites: 0.5 footcandles for residential and agricultural uses and 1.0…

Any Duluth light fixture that emits more than 900 lumens, roughly a 60-watt incandescent bulb, must be shielded with a full cutoff fixture under IESNA standards. Non-security lighting…

St. Louis County requires an Operating Permit for any graywater recycle or re-use system that falls outside the standard Type I and Type II categories under its Subsurface Sewage…

St. Louis County's Environmental Services Director is charged with investigating complaints of Solid Waste Ordinance violations and inspecting properties, then escalating through a…

In unincorporated St. Louis County, the Environmental Services Department most often cites residents for tipping over trash and recycling containers, hoarding more than 50 waste tires…

St. Louis County's Forest Agricultural Management (FAM) zone district makes farming the preferred use of the land. Zoning Ordinance 62 states that livestock keeping and related farming…

Minnesota's Right to Farm law in Minn. Stat. 561.19 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits when they have operated for at least two years and comply with…

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 360 classifies unmanned aircraft as aircraft subject to FAA regulation and state aeronautics rules. The Department of Transportation Office of Aeronautics…

Minnesota's Earned Sick and Safe Time law in Minn. Stat. 181.9445 to 181.9448 provides statewide accrual rights, while a separate state Paid Leave program under chapter 268B begins…

Minnesota issues permits to carry pistols under the Minnesota Citizens' Personal Protection Act, codified at Minn. Stat. 624.714, with sheriffs administering shall-issue permitting for…

Minnesota statute 471.633 broadly preempts local firearms regulation, reserving authority over the lawful sale, transfer, possession, carrying, transportation, storage, and use of…

Minnesota law treats open carry of a pistol the same as concealed carry, requiring a permit under Minn. Stat. 624.714, while long-gun open carry is generally lawful absent local…

Minnesota requires a permit to carry a pistol on or about the person or in a vehicle under Minn. Stat. 624.714, with state preemption barring stricter local rules under Minn. Stat…

Nonprofit, fraternal, veterans', and religious organizations need a license from the Gambling Control Board before running bingo, raffles, paddlewheels, tipboards, or pull-tabs. Minn…

Minnesota's gambling statute excludes "a private social bet not part of or incidental to organized, commercialized, or systematic gambling" from the legal definition of a bet. Under…

Minnesota has never authorized a licensed sportsbook. Placing a bet is a misdemeanor under Minn. Stat. § 609.755(1), and taking bets crosses into gross-misdemeanor or felony territory…

Under the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act (Minn. Stat. Ch. 515B), an association gets an automatic lien for unpaid assessments. Section 515B.3-116 gives it a six-month…

The Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act requires open board meetings (Minn. Stat. § 515B.3-103), annual meetings with director elections (§ 515B.3-108), and gives owners broad…

Minnesota law overrides HOA covenants in two areas. Minn. Stat. § 500.216 bars associations from prohibiting roof-mounted solar on qualifying single-family homes, and Minn. Stat. §…

Minnesota Statutes section 500.215 makes void and unenforceable any deed restriction, restrictive covenant, homeowners association document, lease term, contract, or even a local…

Minnesota Statutes section 515B.3-102(a)(11) lets a common interest community association levy reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, and rules, but only after…

A Minnesota common interest community association can foreclose on your home without ever going to court. Minn. Stat. § 515B.3-116(h)(1) gives the association a power of sale to…

Minnesota is one of the states that runs the opposite way on this question. Nothing in the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act caps how far an association may restrict leasing…

Minnesota does not run sobriety checkpoints, and it never legislated for them. The words checkpoint and roadblock do not appear anywhere in chapter 169A, the impaired driving chapter…

Minnesota is a one-party consent state. Minn. Stat. section 626A.02, subdivision 2, paragraph (d) makes it lawful for a person not acting under color of law to record a wire…

Minnesota has never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute. Neither chapter 609, the criminal code, nor chapter 629, the arrest chapter, creates an offence of refusing to give a…

Minnesota wrote the rule into the search chapter, not the legalisation act. Minn. Stat. section 626.223, added by 2024 Laws chapter 123, article 3, section 5 and effective 1 August…

Minnesota previously preempted local plastic bag bans under Minn. Stat. 325E.045, but the legislature repealed that preemption in 2023, allowing cities like Minneapolis to enforce bag…

Minnesota allows extra forward lighting but counts and measures it. Minn. Stat. 169.56 lets any motor vehicle carry no more than two spot lamps, two fog lamps mounted 12 to 30 inches…

Minnesota answers the dash cam question with a closed list rather than a measurement. Minn. Stat. 169.71, subd. 1(a)(2) bars any object suspended between the driver and the windshield…

Minnesota motorcyclists may split and filter, but only in slow traffic. Minn. Stat. § 169.974, subd. 5(f) still prohibits riding between lanes, riding abreast of another vehicle in the…

Minnesota leaves no room for a tinted, smoked or even perfectly clear plate cover. Minn. Stat. § 169.79, subd. 7 says it is unlawful to cover the assigned letters and numbers, or the…

Minnesota has never written a radar detector statute. A full-text search of the 2025 Minnesota Statutes on the Revisor of Statutes site returns zero occurrences of the phrase "radar…

Minnesota does not have a studded-tire season. Minn. Stat. § 169.72, subd. 1(c) bars any tire on a highway from carrying a block, stud, flange, cleat or spike of any material other…

Minnesota applies one light-transmittance figure to the whole car. Minn. Stat. 169.71, subd. 4(3) bars driving a Minnesota-registered vehicle whose side or rear windows pass less than…