Brooklyn Park, MN Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 97.20, Weed and Grass Maintenance
- Height trigger
- 8 inches or more = violation evidence
- Must maintain
- Boulevard and abutting street/alley strip too
- Annual notice deadline
- City Clerk publishes by May 15
- Unpaid abatement cost
- Becomes special assessment after September 1
Summary
In the City of Brooklyn Park, § 97.20(B) makes it every property owner's duty, including on land abutting a street or alley, to keep grass and weeds cut to the center of the platted street or alley and the boulevard. Grass or weeds at eight inches or taller is prima facie evidence of a violation.
(B) If a violation is declared, it is the duty of every owner of property including property abutting any public street or alley to cause all grass and weeds to be kept cut to the center of such platted street or alley, including the public boulevard. If the grass or weeds in such a place are eight inches or more in height it is prima facie evidence of a violation of this chapter.
Full Breakdown
20(B), in Chapter 97 (Grass, Weed and Tree Regulations), requires every property owner, including owners of land abutting a public street or alley, to keep grass and weeds cut to the center of the platted street or alley and along the public boulevard. The code sets eight inches as the trigger: grass or weeds that reach eight inches or more is prima facie evidence of a violation. 03 alongside the state's Plant and Animal Pest Control statutes. The code's own definition of WEED names buffalobur, burdock, common cocklebur, crabgrass, dandelions, jimsonweed, quackgrass, ragweed, field sandbur, velvetleaf and wild sunflower, plus anything horticulturally out of place.
TURF-GRASS LAWN is separately defined as a lawn intended to be kept under eight inches. 25 requires the City Clerk to publish a notice by May 15 each year directing owners to destroy nuisance weeds; if the city has to do the work itself, the cost becomes a special assessment against the property if unpaid by the following September 1. 99.
Violations & Fines
Letting grass or weeds reach eight inches or more on your lot, or on the boulevard fronting it, is prima facie evidence of a § 97.20 violation. The city can destroy uncut weeds itself after a published notice and bill the cost to the owner as a special assessment if unpaid by September 1, on top of the general § 10.99 penalty: up to $1,000 and 90 days, or a $300 petty misdemeanor fine.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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