Brooklyn Park, MN Landscaping Rules: Water Restrictions (2026)

31 lets the City Manager or a designee place a lawn sprinkling ban or restriction into effect to protect the health and safety of water consumers and the general welfare of the city. Outside a declared full ban, the standing rule is an odd-even schedule tied to street address: even-numbered addresses water on even days, odd-numbered addresses on odd days, in effect every year from May 1 through September 30. , the hours when demand on the water supply system peaks. Two exemptions apply: newly seeded or sodded lawns and properties on private irrigation wells are not bound by the odd-even restraint.

31(A), all lawn sprinkling using the municipal water supply system is prohibited by public notice until the Manager or designee revokes it, and at any time of year all sprinkling and other unnecessary water use must stop the moment there is a fire anywhere in the city. 30, lets city employees inspect premises at reasonable hours for hose connections, pipes and fixtures that are wasting water, and order repairs within 24 hours. 31(E), which makes any violation a petty offense.