Maple Grove, MN

Maple Grove caps residential yard fences at six feet and bars them from crossing the front yard setback line, though low decorative fencing up to 3½ feet is allowed in the front yard.

Maple Grove bans barbed wire and electric fences on most residential lots, permitting them only on farms or farm-related uses in the R-A district, and requires any permitted link fence…

Maple Grove requires a fence to sit entirely on the builder's own property unless the neighbor agrees in writing to let it straddle the shared property line, and the city can demand a…

Maple Grove bans street parking that interferes with snowplowing once snow reaches two inches in 24 hours, and the ban stays in force until the street is cleared full-width, under City…

Maple Grove caps street parking of trucks, trailers and other heavy commercial vehicles at 15 minutes on any street not designated a county road or state highway, under City Code §…

Maple Grove bars parking on any public street or highway between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. every night of the year, including weekends and holidays, under City Code § 32-38(e).

Maple Grove limits loading zones to receiving or discharging passengers and freight, and caps non-truck vehicles at five minutes during posted loading zone hours, under City Code §…

Maple Grove lets the city post temporary or permanent "No Parking" signs on any street, and it is a violation to park where such signs are posted or to exceed their posted time limits…

Maple Grove, Minnesota bans front-yard parking for single-family and two-family homes except on a designated driveway or one paved side space; grass, gravel, and other unsurfaced…

Maple Grove residential properties may keep at most two licensed, operable recreational vehicles or boats outside: everything else has to be stored inside a building.

Maple Grove treats unlicensed or inoperable vehicles left parked outside more than 30 days as junk, and city code requires the owner to dispose of them.

Minnesota Statutes chapter 168B governs nonconsensual towing and impoundment. It sets no cap on hookup, mileage, storage, or gate fees, and it creates no drop fee for an owner who…

Maple Grove, Minnesota bans animal noise that unreasonably disturbs neighbors, defining a violation as barking audible 100 feet away that repeats for five minutes with gaps of 30…

Maple Grove bars yelling, shouting, and singing on public streets between 10 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., and at any hour if it disturbs neighbors.

Maple Grove bans power lawn and garden equipment near homes outside set hours, with an exception letting snow blowers run earlier.

Maple Grove restricts construction work near homes to daytime and early-evening hours, on both weekdays and weekends.

Maple Grove Code § 20-141 bans unnecessary vehicle horn blasts, engine-exhaust noise, and mufflers that fail to prevent loud or explosive sounds on any city street or property.

Playing radios, speakers, or musical instruments loud enough to unreasonably disturb a person of ordinary sensibility violates Maple Grove's noise code, whether the sound comes from…

Aircraft noise around Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is governed by federal FAA rules and the Metropolitan Airports Commission, with mitigation programs across south…

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency sets statewide numerical noise limits for stationary sources under Minn. Rules Chapter 7030. Limits vary by Noise Area Classification and time of…

Every pool deeper than 18 inches in Maple Grove must be enclosed by a climb-resistant fence at least four feet tall, with a self-latching gate keeping small children out.

Maple Grove regulates above-ground and portable pools as 'swimming pools' once they hold more than 18 inches of water or exceed 150 square feet, triggering permit, design and fencing…

Maple Grove requires a recreational fire permit for backyard fire pits and open-air fires, with strict size and setback limits: 3 feet in diameter, 2 feet tall, and 25 feet from…

Maple Grove requires a fire department permit for open burning or recreational fires, and bans burning anything but natural vegetative material.

Maple Grove's fire alarm amendment requires all smoke detectors to have alarm verification capped at 30 seconds, on top of state fire code alarm rules.

Aerial and explosive consumer fireworks are illegal statewide in Minnesota under Minn. Stat. §§624.20-624.25. Only non-aerial, non-explosive 'sparkling items' - wire/wood sparklers (up…

Minnesota DNR designates statewide and regional wildfire restriction zones during elevated fire danger, suspending all burning permits. Restrictions apply uniformly within designated…

Maple Grove caps common household pets per dwelling unit at two dogs and two cats, with separate small numeric limits for rabbits, ferrets, caged rodents, birds and reptiles.

Maple Grove, Minnesota outright bans keeping honeybees in every R-1 through R-5 residential zoning district, leaving beekeeping legal only on larger-lot R-A property.

Maple Grove has no breed-specific dog ban, state law forbids it, but the police chief can declare any dog or animal 'potentially dangerous' based on its own attacks or threatening…

Maple Grove, Minnesota bars dogs and cats from running at large, requiring owners keep pets under restraint: leashed to six feet, in a vehicle, or confined on the owner's own property.

Maple Grove, Minnesota bans pet shops from selling dogs or cats outright, though stores may still host rescue and shelter adoption events under strict certificate-of-source and…

Maple Grove city code prohibits keeping or maintaining any wild or exotic animal anywhere within city limits, with only a narrow carve-out for certain animal types used specifically…

Maple Grove makes it unlawful to feed wild animals anywhere in the city, defining feeding as putting out a cubic foot or more of food low to the ground in a way that draws wildlife…

Maple Grove, Minnesota allows poultry, fowl, and livestock only in R-A and R-1 zoned property, capping the number of birds or animals with an acreage-based animal-unit schedule.

Maple Grove, Minnesota allows home occupations as a residential accessory use only if the business stays invisible from the street, runs from inside the dwelling, and doesn't disrupt…

Maple Grove allows home day care for 14 or fewer children as a permitted R-1 use, with a fenced 600-square-foot play area, off-street turnaround parking, and a state license on file.

Maple Grove, Minnesota limits home occupations to the occupants, one employee, and visiting customers or delivery personnel at a time, and caps traffic and parking at single-family…

Minnesota Statutes section 28A.152 establishes the statewide cottage food exemption, allowing home producers to sell certain non-potentially-hazardous foods directly to consumers after…

Minnesota has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, and its food code closes the door from the other side. Minn. R. 4626.1425 says a private home, a room used as living…

Maple Grove bars weeds and grass over eight inches tall on any property, publishes an annual mow notice each May, and bills owners who don't cut it themselves.

On Maple Grove lots inside the Tree Preservation District, removing more than 32 inches of tree diameter per acre per year without immediate replacement or a forest management plan is…

Minnesota does not restrict collecting rainwater in barrels for gardens and landscaping, but plumbed nonpotable rainwater catchment systems that supply fixtures, water features, or…

Maple Grove short-term rental applications must be filed 60 days before license expiration and name a local contact if the owner lives outside the 9-county metro area, per § 10-442.

Maple Grove charges short-term rental operators license, penalty, and reinstatement fees set in the city's fee schedule under § 10-446.

Maple Grove limits accessory buildings like sheds to the rear yard, caps most detached structures at 1,000 square feet, and restricts total garage-plus-shed area on R-1 and R-2 lots to…

Minnesota's tiny-home statute, Minn. Stat. § 327.30, legalizes "micro units", permanent dwellings of 400 gross square feet or less, but only when placed within a…

Maple Grove, Minnesota lets the city set special collection times for large-item pickup, publishing the schedule separately from the regular weekly recycling and yard-waste routes.

Maple Grove, Minnesota requires weekly yard waste collection through a licensed hauler unless the owner composts it or arranges an approved alternative, and bans dumping yard waste in…

Maple Grove, Minnesota limits homes to two refuse and recycling carts stored openly in the side or rear yard, and bars setting carts out earlier than the day before collection or…

Maple Grove, Minnesota bans throwing, scattering, or depositing refuse, recyclables, or yard waste on any public or private land, water, vehicle, or structure in the city, backed by…

Maple Grove, Minnesota requires anyone who generates solid waste and wants curbside recycling to separate paper, aluminum, glass, metal, cardboard, and organics into the city's…

Licensed haulers may collect residential garbage and refuse in Maple Grove only between 6:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m., and Sunday collection from residential dwellings is banned outright.

Maple Grove requires sexually oriented businesses to be licensed and sited at least 750 feet from schools, day cares, parks, churches, and other such businesses in the B Business…

Maple Grove requires both a business license for any massage establishment and a separate personal service license for each massage therapist, with police background checks, before…

Any business in Maple Grove, Minnesota (Hennepin County) selling tobacco, tobacco-related devices, e-cigarettes, or nicotine products must hold a city tobacco license, either a tobacco…

Maple Grove requires every pawnbroker to hold a location-specific city license, post a $5,000 bond, stay 750 feet from schools and other sensitive uses, and report transactions daily…

Hennepin County requires a Health Authority license before anyone can own, operate, or work in a body art establishment offering tattoos or piercings.

Maple Grove bans open flames and grills above ground level in taller multifamily buildings, unless the grill is far from the structure or gas-plumbed in.

Using cannabis or any cannabinoid product in public spaces across Maple Grove, sidewalks, streets, parks, and parking lots, is a petty misdemeanor, though private property and licensed…

Maple Grove bans consuming or possessing an opened alcoholic beverage on public property and in outdoor areas without the landowner's permission.

Maple Grove prohibits riding skateboards and other self-propelled wheeled devices on shopping-center or general-public-traffic property where posted notice bars them, unless the rider…

Maple Grove makes it a petty misdemeanor to smoke or vape anywhere on city park property, including outdoor recreational facilities and gathering spaces, unless the area is specially…

Maple Grove bans organizing or hosting loud parties that disturb neighbors, and makes staying after police order a dispersal a separate offense.

Maple Grove's disorderly conduct code bans loitering or lurking in public or on others' property when it disturbs, alarms, or signals criminal intent.

Maple Grove's nuisance ordinance makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate on any public or private property outside restrooms; violators face misdemeanor nuisance charges under City…

Maple Grove requires all land-disturbing and land-filling work, including new home lot prep, to be done in a way that minimizes runoff, erosion, and sedimentation and protects public…

Maple Grove restricts development inside its mapped floodway, flood fringe, and general floodplain districts to uses expressly permitted or conditionally approved, and bans critical…

Maple Grove requires new floodplain structures to sit at least one foot above the base regional flood elevation, the city's minimum freeboard standard called the regulatory flood…

Projects in Maple Grove that create or fully reconstruct one acre or more of impervious surface must develop a full stormwater management plan meeting the city's engineering design…

Maple Grove prohibits idling or testing a vehicle engine loudly enough to be plainly audible at the property line or 50 feet away, tying the idling rule to the city's general noise…

Development along Minnesota's Lake Superior shoreland outside Duluth must meet the standards in the North Shore Management Plan, set statewide by Minnesota Rules 6120.2800, subpart 1a…

Maple Grove requires anyone performing new electrical work in the city to request a city inspection before starting, under the Minnesota Electrical Act.

Maple Grove, Minnesota requires a permit before any plumbing installer connects a building sewer, and adopts the state plumbing code by reference for all sanitary sewer work citywide.

Maple Grove requires a permit before you erect, wreck, or move any building within city limits, with permit issuance left to the city council's discretion.

Hennepin County enforces Minnesota Statutes 144.9501 to 144.9512 governing lead hazards in pre-1978 housing. Hennepin County Public Health performs lead inspections, mandates…

Maple Grove requires every landlord to hold a rental license before renting out a dwelling, with licenses issued for three-year terms under City Code § 10-394.

Minnesota Statute 504B.178 caps security deposits at no specific amount but requires landlords return deposits within 21 days of lease termination with itemized deductions. Landlords…

Minnesota Statute 471.9996 allows rent control only if approved by city or county voters at general election. Saint Paul passed rent stabilization in 2021. Minneapolis voters…

Since a 2023 amendment, Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.321, subd. 1a requires a landlord to give a tenant 14 days' written notice before filing an eviction for nonpayment of rent. The notice…

Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.161 imposes non-waivable covenants that the premises are fit for the intended use, kept in reasonable repair, and in compliance with health and safety laws, plus…

Under Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.211 a landlord must give reasonable notice of not less than 24 hours before entering a tenant's unit and may enter only for a reasonable business purpose…

Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.177 caps late fees on residential rent at 8% of the overdue rent payment and allows a late fee only if landlord and tenant agreed to it in writing. The statute…

Under Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.135, either party may end a tenancy at will with written notice at least as long as the rent interval or three months, whichever is less. For monthly rent…

Minnesota has no rent control statute and no dollar cap on rent increases. A rent change on a month-to-month tenancy takes effect at a new term, so notice follows the termination rule…

Minn. Stat. Sec. 541.02 sets a 15-year limitations period to recover real estate, the basis for adverse possession. For platted, taxed land the claimant must also have paid the…

Maple Grove will not issue or renew a rental license until the compliance official inspects the unit and premises against the city's minimum housing standards under § 10-397.

Maple Grove, Minnesota (Hennepin County) requires every mobile food preparation vehicle to carry a one-year operational permit from the city fire department before serving food, with…

Maple Grove, Minnesota, in Hennepin County, requires anyone peddling goods or services street-to-street or door-to-door, including transient merchants and fundraisers, to obtain a…

Maple Grove limits food truck vending to private property with owner permission or a special event permit; public right-of-way vending needs a permit and residential-zoned sales to the…

Maple Grove makes it an enforceable nuisance for any peddler, solicitor, canvasser, or fundraiser to approach a home displaying a 'No Solicitors' or 'No Soliciting' sign, on top of a…

Maple Grove requires peddlers, transient merchants, and paid fundraisers to obtain a police-vetted license, while door-to-door solicitors and commercial canvassers must at least…

Maple Grove orders unauthorized obstructions on streets and sidewalks removed on notice, and if the responsible party doesn't act, city crews can clear it and bill the owner.

Maple Grove requires an obstruction permit before placing building materials, structures, or other items on any street, alley, sidewalk, or public place within city limits, and the…

Abutting property owners in Maple Grove must keep public sidewalks repaired and safe, and the city can fix an unsafe walk itself and bill the owner if repairs aren't made in 30 days.

Permanent window signs in Maple Grove may cover no more than 25 percent of a window's total area, and temporary advertising window signs above that same 25 percent threshold are…

Maple Grove bans off-site advertising billboards and dynamic-display signs outright, allowing electronic message displays only as one small freestanding occupant-ID sign per…

Maple Grove, Minnesota lets residents post rummage sale signs without a permit, but only with the property owner's consent, and every sign must come down within 120 hours of being put…

Minnesota Statute 211B.045 preempts municipal regulation of noncommercial signs during a defined election window. From 46 days before the state primary through 10 days after the…

Maple Grove's R-1 district requires a 35-foot front yard, at least 5 feet per interior side yard (30 feet combined), and a 30-foot rear yard, reducible to 20 feet next to wetlands or…

In Maple Grove's R-1 Single-Family Residential District, no structure may exceed three stories or 35 feet in building height, whichever standard is greater, under City Code § 36-271.

Maple Grove limits impervious surface on R-1, R-2, and R-3 residential lots to 40 percent of the lot area, with a higher 75 percent allowance for schools, churches, and public…

Electric-assisted bicycles are allowed on Maple Grove park trails and parkways, but riders must operate in a prudent, careful manner with effective control, following Minnesota's…

Minnesota runs two separate tracks. A motorized golf cart, ATV, utility task vehicle or mini truck may use a public road only where the county, city or town has passed an ordinance…

Public events in Maple Grove parks that involve alcohol, or are open to the public, require a permit from the park board before intoxicating liquor or 3.2 malt liquor may be possessed…

Maple Grove requires a city council permit before anyone holds, sponsors, or leads a parade on public streets, with authority to deny events that risk becoming a nuisance, blocking…

Maple Grove, Minnesota sets aside an R-A Single-Family Agricultural District that permits farming and agricultural buildings, aiming to preserve low-density, open, and agricultural…

Minnesota's Right to Farm law in Minn. Stat. 561.19 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits when they have operated for at least two years and comply with…

Maple Grove requires cannabis retailers to sit 1,000 feet from schools and 500 feet from day cares, parks, and athletic fields, and caps retail stores at one per 12,500 residents.

Maple Grove, Minnesota keeps cannabis retail businesses 1,000 feet from public and private schools and 500 feet from day cares, residential treatment facilities, parks, and athletic…

Adults 21 and older in Hennepin County may grow up to eight cannabis plants per household under Minn. Stat. 342.09, with no more than four mature plants flowering at one time.

Maple Grove requires outdoor lighting to be hooded and aimed away from neighboring homes and streets, and caps light spilling onto residential property or public streets at one…

Maple Grove requires outdoor lighting near parking areas, signs, and other structures to be hooded or shielded so it doesn't glare onto neighboring property or public streets.

Maple Grove's city council can designate individual trees as protected landmark trees for unique physical, historical, or cultural significance, on recommendation of the city's arbor…

Maple Grove closes all city parks and parkways to people and parked vehicles between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. daily, unless posted signs say otherwise or an exception applies.

Maple Grove sets tiered nighttime curfews by age for minors in public places, with parent and business liability written into the code.

Maple Grove bars loitering, sitting, standing, or lying on public sidewalks, walkways, or parking lots when it unreasonably blocks passage.

Maple Grove, Minnesota imposes a lodging tax on rent charged by hotels, motels, and roominghouses under Chapter 2, Division 2 of the city code, collected monthly by the operator and…

Maple Grove enforces the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code citywide, with the building official as code official for substandard and unsafe structures.

Maple Grove declares rodent-attracting conditions, from stagnant water to open trash, a nuisance the city can order abated at the owner's cost.

Hennepin County adopts the state certified food manager rule, exempting some food establishments if the person in charge still gets sanitation training.

Maple Grove allows rooftop and rear-yard solar panels as a permitted accessory use, but panels placed in a front or side yard need a conditional use permit.

Minn. Stat. 500.216 bars homeowners associations and other private entities from prohibiting a roof-mounted solar energy system on a qualifying single-family home. Effective July 1…

Maple Grove, Minnesota caps rummage sales at four per year per property, with each sale limited to three consecutive days, under the city's sign and rummage-sale ordinance.

Minnesota's statewide Earned Sick and Safe Time law at Minn. Stat. 181.9445 took effect January 2024, requiring all Hennepin County employers to provide paid sick leave, with stricter…

Hennepin County bans selling flavored tobacco and vape products unless a retailer meets narrow adult-only shop exemption criteria.

Minnesota raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco and electronic delivery devices to 21 in 2020 through changes tied to Minn. Stat. 461.12 and 609.685, aligning with federal Tobacco…

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 360 classifies unmanned aircraft as aircraft subject to FAA regulation and state aeronautics rules. The Department of Transportation Office of Aeronautics…

Minnesota issues permits to carry pistols under the Minnesota Citizens' Personal Protection Act, codified at Minn. Stat. 624.714, with sheriffs administering shall-issue permitting for…

Minnesota statute 471.633 broadly preempts local firearms regulation, reserving authority over the lawful sale, transfer, possession, carrying, transportation, storage, and use of…

Minnesota law treats open carry of a pistol the same as concealed carry, requiring a permit under Minn. Stat. 624.714, while long-gun open carry is generally lawful absent local…

Minnesota requires a permit to carry a pistol on or about the person or in a vehicle under Minn. Stat. 624.714, with state preemption barring stricter local rules under Minn. Stat…

Nonprofit, fraternal, veterans', and religious organizations need a license from the Gambling Control Board before running bingo, raffles, paddlewheels, tipboards, or pull-tabs. Minn…

Minnesota's gambling statute excludes "a private social bet not part of or incidental to organized, commercialized, or systematic gambling" from the legal definition of a bet. Under…

Minnesota has never authorized a licensed sportsbook. Placing a bet is a misdemeanor under Minn. Stat. § 609.755(1), and taking bets crosses into gross-misdemeanor or felony territory…

Under the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act (Minn. Stat. Ch. 515B), an association gets an automatic lien for unpaid assessments. Section 515B.3-116 gives it a six-month…

The Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act requires open board meetings (Minn. Stat. § 515B.3-103), annual meetings with director elections (§ 515B.3-108), and gives owners broad…

Minnesota law overrides HOA covenants in two areas. Minn. Stat. § 500.216 bars associations from prohibiting roof-mounted solar on qualifying single-family homes, and Minn. Stat. §…

Minnesota Statutes section 500.215 makes void and unenforceable any deed restriction, restrictive covenant, homeowners association document, lease term, contract, or even a local…

Minnesota Statutes section 515B.3-102(a)(11) lets a common interest community association levy reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, and rules, but only after…

A Minnesota common interest community association can foreclose on your home without ever going to court. Minn. Stat. § 515B.3-116(h)(1) gives the association a power of sale to…

Minnesota is one of the states that runs the opposite way on this question. Nothing in the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act caps how far an association may restrict leasing…

Minnesota does not run sobriety checkpoints, and it never legislated for them. The words checkpoint and roadblock do not appear anywhere in chapter 169A, the impaired driving chapter…

Minnesota is a one-party consent state. Minn. Stat. section 626A.02, subdivision 2, paragraph (d) makes it lawful for a person not acting under color of law to record a wire…

Minnesota has never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute. Neither chapter 609, the criminal code, nor chapter 629, the arrest chapter, creates an offence of refusing to give a…

Minnesota wrote the rule into the search chapter, not the legalisation act. Minn. Stat. section 626.223, added by 2024 Laws chapter 123, article 3, section 5 and effective 1 August…

Minnesota previously preempted local plastic bag bans under Minn. Stat. 325E.045, but the legislature repealed that preemption in 2023, allowing cities like Minneapolis to enforce bag…

Minnesota allows extra forward lighting but counts and measures it. Minn. Stat. 169.56 lets any motor vehicle carry no more than two spot lamps, two fog lamps mounted 12 to 30 inches…

Minnesota answers the dash cam question with a closed list rather than a measurement. Minn. Stat. 169.71, subd. 1(a)(2) bars any object suspended between the driver and the windshield…

Minnesota motorcyclists may split and filter, but only in slow traffic. Minn. Stat. § 169.974, subd. 5(f) still prohibits riding between lanes, riding abreast of another vehicle in the…

Minnesota leaves no room for a tinted, smoked or even perfectly clear plate cover. Minn. Stat. § 169.79, subd. 7 says it is unlawful to cover the assigned letters and numbers, or the…

Minnesota has never written a radar detector statute. A full-text search of the 2025 Minnesota Statutes on the Revisor of Statutes site returns zero occurrences of the phrase "radar…

Minnesota does not have a studded-tire season. Minn. Stat. § 169.72, subd. 1(c) bars any tire on a highway from carrying a block, stud, flange, cleat or spike of any material other…

Minnesota applies one light-transmittance figure to the whole car. Minn. Stat. 169.71, subd. 4(3) bars driving a Minnesota-registered vehicle whose side or rear windows pass less than…