Scott County sets no lawn-height number for the unincorporated townships. Cities like Shakopee and Savage cap grass around eight to ten inches; on rural land the binding duty is the state noxious weed law, enforced by the county agricultural inspector.
Minnesota has no statewide grass-height statute, and in unincorporated Scott County, the townships the county zones such as Spring Lake, Cedar Lake, and Sand Creek, there is no fixed maximum lawn height. Tall-grass ordinances are a city tool: Shakopee, Savage, Prior Lake, and Jordan each set their own limit, commonly eight to ten inches, enforced as a nuisance by city code staff. What binds a rural county parcel instead is the Minnesota Noxious Weed Law, Minn. Stat. sections 18.75 to 18.91, requiring owners to control designated weeds. The Scott County agricultural inspector administers that duty across the townships.
In cities, overgrowth brings a nuisance notice, a short deadline, then municipal mowing billed to the owner. On township land, uncontrolled noxious weeds trigger the county inspector's notice, county abatement, and costs charged back against the property.
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