Brooklyn Park, MN Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Maximum sign area
- 2 square feet per dwelling
- Illumination
- none allowed
- Number of signs
- one per dwelling unit
- Front setback
- 20 feet
- Maximum height
- 6 feet above grade
- Applies in
- Single- and Two-family Residential Districts
Summary
A home occupation in a Brooklyn Park single- or two-family residential district gets exactly one non-illuminated sign per dwelling, capped at two square feet, set back 20 feet from the front property line, and no taller than six feet above grade.
(D) Home occupation signs. One non-illuminated sign with a maximum square footage of two feet for each dwelling unit wherein a permitted home occupation exists. ... For division (D) of this section, signs must be set back at least 20 feet from front property lines. ... For signs described in divisions (A) and (D) of this section, no sign may exceed six feet above grade.
Full Breakdown
25(D) limits a permitted home occupation to one non-illuminated sign with a maximum square footage of two feet for each dwelling unit where the home occupation exists. 25(F) caps the height of division (D) signs at six feet above grade, the same ceiling as an ordinary residential name plate. No illumination of any kind is allowed on a home occupation sign, unlike the institutional and residential-development signs permitted elsewhere in the district. 25(E). 99: a misdemeanor with up to 90 days and a $1,000 fine, with each day of a continuing violation treated as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
A home occupation sign larger than two square feet, illuminated, set back less than 20 feet from the front property line, or taller than six feet above grade violates § 150.25(D)-(F) and is punishable as a misdemeanor under § 10.99, carrying up to 90 days and a $1,000 fine, with each day of continuation a separate offense.
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