Water restrictions in Woodbury, MN — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Woodbury enforces a year-round Lawn & Landscape Watering Policy. Residential properties may irrigate only two days per week based on an assigned irrigation zone, and never between noon and 5 p.m. Violations bring a $50 administrative citation that doubles with each repeat offense in the same calendar year.
Because of well-supply and PFAS contamination concerns, Woodbury maintains one of the metro's strictest watering policies, enforced year-round (not just during droughts). All properties must comply unless operating under a Minnesota DNR Water Appropriations Permit. Residential lawn irrigation is limited to two days per week set by the property's irrigation zone: Zone A waters Monday and Friday; Zone B Tuesday and Saturday; Zone C Wednesday and Sunday; Zone D Thursday and Sunday. Commercial properties may water Fridays only, and HOAs follow their residential zone days. On every property, 'Lawn Watering is not allowed between noon and 5 p.m., even on your designated irrigation days.' Several uses are exempt: hand-watering of shrubs, flowers and landscaping with a personally tended device is allowed on non-watering days; car washing and pool filling are unrestricted; and sports fields, golf courses, commercial nurseries and agricultural/horticultural businesses are exempt. New seed or sod can get a permit for 14 consecutive days of watering (maximum two permits per property per year), but still must obey the noon-to-5 p.m. restriction. Enforcement is by administrative citation.
'The property owner will be issued an administrative citation and fined $50 for the first offense, with the fine doubling with each subsequent offense within the same calendar year.' Watering on the wrong day, or between noon and 5 p.m., are both citable.
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