Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis requires short-term rental hosts to carry liability insurance of at least $300,000, or book exclusively through a platform providing equivalent coverage, before renting out…

Minneapolis requires Airbnb, Vrbo and similar booking platforms to hold a hosting platform license and to pull unlicensed listings from their sites.

A Minneapolis short-term rental hosting platform that gets its license revoked or denied for violating Chapter 351 can't obtain a new one, under the same or a different name, for five…

Minneapolis splits short-term rentals into two tracks: a lighter registration for owner-occupied (homestead) units and full rental licensing for non-homestead units.

Minneapolis STRs collect 6.875 percent MN sales tax, 3 percent Minneapolis lodging tax, 2.5 percent Minneapolis entertainment tax, plus county taxes. Platforms like Airbnb remit most…

Minneapolis requires a rental dwelling license for non-homestead short-term rentals and a short-term rental registration for owner-occupied homestead units before renting to guests…

Minneapolis requires short-term rental hosts in buildings under 20 units to submit a management plan addressing parking, noise and trash before the city issues a short-term rental…

Minneapolis caps every short-term rental at ten occupants regardless of the property's size, a flat limit set in the city's short-term rental ordinance and enforced alongside…

Minneapolis requires licensed short-term rentals in small buildings to submit a management plan covering noise, trash, and parking before they can operate.

Homestead short-term rentals in Minneapolis need only a registration, not a full rental license, when the owner lives in the unit and stays there during the rental period; renting the…

Minneapolis requires anyone who grooms animals for a fee to obtain a license from Animal Care and Control before opening, and the business premises stay open to MACC inspection at any…

Minneapolis bars keeping any wild, exotic, dangerous, or non-domestic animal or reptile citywide without a permit from Animal Care and Control, with certain species like venomous…

Minneapolis treats animal hoarding as cruelty and unsanitary keeping of animals under Title 5 and Minnesota Statute Chapter 343. Animal Care and Control may seize animals, condemn…

Minneapolis parks and parkways ban killing, capturing, or injuring wild birds and destroying their nests, plus any trapping of birds or wildlife, under Park Board Code §§ PB2-8 and…

Minneapolis bans leaving food, garbage or rubbish anywhere it could feed rats, and requires wild bird feeders to sit at least 48 inches off the ground so rats can't reach them, under…

Minneapolis lets veterinary clinics operate by right in most zoning districts, but the zoning code requires all clinic activity to stay inside a completely enclosed, soundproofed…

Minneapolis requires a tiered MACC permit to keep chickens or other fowl, caps residential flocks, bans roosters without special permit, and prohibits hoofed livestock like horses…

Minneapolis does not require microchipping for a standard pet license, but the city's lifetime dog or cat license can only be issued once MACC confirms the animal is sterilized and…

Minneapolis dogs must be leashed or fenced everywhere except designated off-leash areas, under Code of Ordinances § 64.80.

Minneapolis has no breed-specific dog ordinance; MACC designates animals "potentially dangerous" or "dangerous" based solely on documented bite or attack behavior under Minneapolis…

Keeping honeybees anywhere in Minneapolis requires an MACC permit, neighbor notification, and compliance with colony limits tied to lot size, from two colonies on a half-acre lot up to…

Minneapolis requires every cat over four months old to carry a MACC license and rabies tag, but the city also authorizes registered caretakers to maintain outdoor feral cat colonies…

Minneapolis caps backyard compost piles at 15 cubic yards, requires an enclosed, durable container, and sets placement limits: off the rear line, out of required yards, and 20 feet…

Minneapolis requires a vegetation permit before clearing trees, shrubs, or other vegetation in shore impact zones, bluff impact zones, wetland buffers, and other sensitive areas of the…

Minneapolis zoning code caps rain barrels and cisterns in required side and rear yards at 4 feet tall for one-, two-, and three-family homes, 6 feet for other uses, with a two-unit…

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 509.1400 lets the city engineer bar irrigation and other water draws from city mains during a declared water-shortage emergency, with the specific…

Minneapolis property owners may install and maintain a managed natural landscape of native plants, meadow vegetation, or rain gardens, exempting it from the city's eight-inch weed and…

Minneapolis requires property owners to trim trees and vegetation overhanging public walkways and streets, maintaining seven feet of clearance over sidewalks and fourteen feet over…

Minneapolis enforces an 8-inch vegetation limit under Chapter 227 plus the Minnesota Noxious Weed Law (Statutes 18.76 to 18.91). Wild parsnip, Canada thistle, and other listed noxious…

Minneapolis caps home occupation signage at one non-illuminated, flat wall sign of one square foot, with a second allowed only on corner lots.

Minneapolis allows home-based businesses by right as an accessory use, capping outside help at one nonresident employee, restricting public-facing hours to 8 a.m.-8 p.m., and limiting…

Minneapolis zoning allows family and group family day care as an accessory use in any residential dwelling, with no separate permit: just limits on where play equipment can sit and…

Minneapolis caps home occupations at five customers or clients per day; exceeding that level can be ruled excessive and detrimental to the residential character of the neighborhood…

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…

Minneapolis bans trucks over 10,000 pounds and any commercial vehicle from stopping, standing, or parking on streets within or next to residential zoning districts, with narrow loading…

Minneapolis has no default overnight parking ban: time limits apply only where posted; unposted street parking is unrestricted overnight, but the city can impose seasonal winter…

Minneapolis creates loading zones, truck zones, limited parking zones, and disability transfer zones by city council action after a written application, with the director of public…

Once a snow emergency is declared, Minneapolis bans parking on posted snow emergency routes for 11 hours, then rotates a ban to even- then odd-numbered addresses on other streets until…

Minneapolis creates preferential parking districts through a resident-petitioned "critical traffic and parking area" process under City Code § 478.710, restricting on-street parking to…

Minneapolis does not print an impound tow or storage rate in its code, but it does cap two charges outright: the fee to get your car back off the hook before it leaves the block, set…

Minneapolis requires new surface parking lots of 20+ spaces to make at least 5% EV-capable, and larger enclosed lots to add EV charging or ready spaces under Zoning Code Chapter 555.

Minneapolis zoning code bars on-site surface parking between your house and the front or corner side lot line: no paving over the front yard for parking, with narrow exceptions for…

Minneapolis requires RVs, boats, and trailers stored outdoors in residential areas to sit in the rear 40 feet of the lot, within strict size and area limits, or be garaged.

Minneapolis requires on-street parking parallel to the curb, headed in the direction of traffic, and bans stopping within five feet of a driveway or alley, under Chapter 478 of the…

Minneapolis presumes any vehicle left on a street or highway for more than 72 consecutive hours abandoned and impounds it; inoperable vehicles on private property must be stored inside…

Minnesota Statute 299F.362 requires smoke alarms in every sleeping area, outside each sleeping zone, and on every level. Minneapolis rentals also need carbon monoxide alarms within 10…

Only non-explosive, non-aerial consumer fireworks (sparklers, fountains, snakes) are legal in Minneapolis under MN Statute 624.20. Firecrackers, bottle rockets, and aerial shells are…

Minneapolis caps backyard fire pits at 3 feet across and 2 feet high, 25 feet from any structure, and only 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. under City Code Chapter 178.

Minneapolis requires a permit for any aboveground propane tank of 200 pounds or more, but exempts tanks stored under six months and small residential buildings from registration fees.

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 47.120 bans burning refuse for disposal anywhere within city limits, and bars property owners from allowing such burning on land they own or control…

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

Minneapolis limits construction equipment to weekdays 7 a.m.–6 p.m.; work outside those hours needs an after-hours permit from the Health Department, arranged at least 36 hours in…

Minneapolis limits power lawn equipment, including leaf blowers, to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and requires every leaf blower to run with a muffler, enforced under the noise…

Minneapolis defines a 'noisy or unruly assembly' as any residential gathering between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. that disturbs neighbors, and caps outdoor power equipment to 7 a.m.-10 p.m…

Car stereos audible 50+ feet away and altered exhausts that boost noise above factory levels both violate Minneapolis's vehicular noise code, with stereo fines up to $500-$700 per…

Minneapolis holds industrial and commercial noise sources to Minnesota's statewide land-use noise standards and flags any outdoor sound measuring five decibels or more above the…

Minneapolis bans amplified sound over 5 dB(A) above ambient on neighboring properties without a permit from the Commissioner of Health, and caps permitted outdoor amplification at 90…

Minneapolis treats habitual animal noise as a nuisance: barking, howling, or similar noise audible across a property line for 15+ minutes by day or 10+ minutes overnight draws an…

Aircraft noise from MSP International Airport is regulated federally by the FAA. Minneapolis cannot enforce local noise ordinances against aircraft; complaints route to the MAC Noise…

Setting up, rebuilding, or altering a portable or above-ground pool worth more than $100 requires a City of Minneapolis building permit under Code § 89.110, with plans showing the…

Outdoor residential pools in Minneapolis must be enclosed by a fence, wall or barrier at least four feet tall with self-closing, self-latching gates and no ground gap over four inches…

Minneapolis bans electrically charged wire, razor wire, chicken wire, slatted chain link, rope, cable, railroad ties, landscape timbers and utility poles from fences.

Minneapolis fence owners must locate the property line themselves before building, face the finished side of the fence toward the neighbor, and stay within height limits set by yard…

Minneapolis limits fences to four feet in front and corner side yards, six feet along rear and interior side yards, and eight feet maximum anywhere, with material and sight-triangle…

Minneapolis zoning code caps front-yard retaining walls that raise grade at 3 feet, while walls that hold the natural grade are allowed in any required yard.

Minneapolis allows internal, attached, and detached accessory dwelling units on single- and two-family lots through administrative review by the zoning administrator, not a public…

Minneapolis requires owner-occupancy for internal accessory dwelling units only: the owner must live in the principal home or the ADU itself, per city zoning code Section 550.1440.

Detached sheds and garages in Minneapolis are capped at 13 feet tall (16 feet with matching materials), 800 square feet or 10% of lot area, and must sit at least 6 feet from the house.

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…

Selling vapes or e-cigarettes in Minneapolis requires a tobacco dealer's license under Chapter 281, and new tobacco product shops can't locate within 300 feet of a K-12 school or…

Minneapolis requires a Class A license, a $10,000 surety bond, and liability insurance before any company can tow a vehicle from private property without the owner's consent.

Minneapolis requires a city license to operate any massage and bodywork establishment, with set hours, location limits, and construction standards under Code Chapter 286.

Minneapolis explicitly bans motor vehicle repair, service, or painting as a home occupation citywide, along with servicing snowmobiles, lawnmowers, chain saws, and other small-engine…

Anyone buying, consigning, or reselling secondhand goods in Minneapolis must hold a secondhand goods dealer license under Chapter 321, with Class A dealers posting a $5,000 bond and…

Minneapolis pawnbrokers need a police-issued Chapter 324 license, a $5,000 bond, and daily electronic transaction reports to the police department before they can legally operate.

Sexually oriented uses in Minneapolis are confined to the DT1 and DT2 downtown districts, must sit 1,000 feet from residential zones, 500 feet from schools and libraries, and are…

Minneapolis requires a body art establishment license before any shop can offer tattooing, piercing, or related procedures, on top of the state technician license each artist must hold…

Minneapolis zoning requires all landscaping installed under site plan review, plus required trees for new one-, two-, and three-family homes, to be climate-adapted and non-invasive…

Minneapolis protects front-yard native plant gardens: a "managed natural landscape" of native or ornamental plants, wildflowers, or rain gardens is exempt from the citywide 8-inch weed…

Minneapolis requires a public hearing and City Council approval before any license plate reader contract takes effect, and bars using LPR data or technology to help enforce federal…

Minneapolis city departments, including police, are banned from acquiring or using facial recognition technology under a 2021 ordinance, with only narrow carve-outs like phone…

Minneapolis Code § 244.2100 adopts Minnesota's carbon monoxide alarm law as city ordinance, requiring approved CO alarms in single-family homes and multifamily rental units…

Minneapolis has no mandatory green building code, but developers can earn zoning bonuses by meeting LEED, PHIUS, or SB 2030 energy standards.

Minneapolis requires dead bolt locks on entrance doors of rental dwellings, rooming houses, and hotels, with minimum three-eighths-inch bolt throw and reinforced strike plates under…

Minneapolis does not issue its own electrical permits. The State of Minnesota administers and enforces the electrical code under City Code Section 85.300, with the city stepping in…

Before signing a lease, Minneapolis landlords with a rental license must hand new tenants copies of every unresolved code violation and order on the unit, including any lead-hazard…

Minneapolis building permits lapse after 180 days of inactivity, and the building official inspects only with occupant or owner consent or a court-issued search warrant, under Building…

Minneapolis building inspectors need the owner or occupant's consent to enter a property; without it, the city must go to court for an administrative search warrant before inspecting.

Minneapolis requires a permit for plumbing work under its building code, and only state-licensed individuals or city-licensed contractors may pull it or do the work.

Minneapolis caps new house size through floor area ratio limits in its Built Form Overlay Districts, as low as a 0.5 multiplier of lot area in Interior 1 neighborhoods, to keep…

Minneapolis bars anyone from erecting structures or leaving boxes, lumber, barrels, carts, or similar items on any street, alley, or sidewalk, and requires immediate removal of…

Minneapolis property owners must build, reconstruct, and keep in good repair the sidewalk along their land; if a walk goes broken or rotten, the public works director orders repairs…

Minneapolis requires a city engineer-issued encroachment permit before any structure, projection, or areaway extends into a street, alley, or public right-of-way, with fees of $50 to…

Minneapolis bars careless or heedless unmanned aircraft operation and prohibits flying a small drone within 25 feet of any person on the ground without that person's explicit…

Flying a drone to take off or land inside Minneapolis's downtown special event zone requires a permit from the Director of Regulatory Services, per Minneapolis Code of Ordinances §…

Flying a drone from Minneapolis park land or water requires a permit from the Park and Recreation Board superintendent, since the ordinance treats drones as aircraft under its take-off…

Minneapolis bars operating a small drone carelessly and flying one within 25 feet of a person on the ground without that person's explicit permission, under City Code § 385.40.

Placing a dumpster or storage container in a Minneapolis public right-of-way requires a street use permit from the city engineer, with strict placement and safety rules.

Minneapolis requires yard waste to sit in approved containers at the curbside collection point, set out no earlier than 7 a.m. the day before pickup and pulled back by 7 a.m. the day…

Minneapolis requires trash and recycling carts to be at the curb by 6:00 a.m. on collection day, permits setting them out starting 7:00 a.m. the day before, and requires removal by…

City-collected properties must place recyclables in approved containers at the curb by 6 a.m. on pickup day and pull them back in by the next morning, per Public Works rules under the…

The City of Minneapolis provides mandatory municipal solid waste collection for residential buildings with four or fewer dwelling units and for townhouses; the director of public works…

Minneapolis bans dumping solid waste, building debris, or hazardous materials on streets, public places, or private lots, with vehicle owners fined up to $200.

Owners of Minneapolis buildings with two or more dwelling units must provide recycling containers, separate recyclables from trash, and distribute program information to tenants at…

Minneapolis haulers collect solid waste, demolition debris, tires, and yard waste left within 20 feet of your curbside collection point: leave large items close to the cart and the…

City-issued mobile refuse containers must go out by 6 a.m. on collection day and come back in by 7 a.m. the next day, or off-street storage is required.

Minneapolis city employees and police cannot question, detain, or arrest anyone to enforce federal immigration law, and the city will not sign 287(g) agreements with ICE, under Chapter…

Minneapolis caps lot coverage at 45% to 100% and impervious surface at 60% to 100%, both set by Built Form Overlay District under the zoning code.

Minneapolis sets minimum front yards by Built Form Overlay District, 20 feet in Interior districts, 15 feet in Corridor and Transit districts, dropping to 10 feet along goods and…

Single- and two-family homes citywide are capped at 2.5 stories and 28 feet, with gable, hip, or gambrel roof peaks allowed up to 33 feet under the zoning code's built form overlay…

Minneapolis lets skateboarders and rollerskaters use public streets and sidewalks if ridden prudently and under control, but bans riding on the Nicollet Mall and other public…

Minneapolis prohibits loitering, standing, sitting, or lying on any street, sidewalk, crosswalk, or public way with intent to block pedestrians or interfere with traffic flow, a petit…

Minneapolis Police can label a residential gathering a 'noisy or unruly assembly' between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., mail the property owner or landlord a formal notice, and issue an…

Minneapolis prohibits open containers of alcohol on streets, sidewalks, parking lots, and in city parks unless served by a licensed concessionaire or under a special event liquor…

Minneapolis bans aggressive solicitation -- touching, blocking, following, or using abusive language -- and prohibits panhandling within set distances of ATMs, bus stops, crosswalks…

Minneapolis makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate anywhere the public could observe it, streets, alleys, sidewalks, or any building the public can enter, unless you're in a…

Minneapolis inspects rental properties using a risk-based policy: citations, tax delinquency, condemnation notices, and police calls for drug or violence offenses can trigger…

Minneapolis's director of regulatory services inspects rental units after a violation is reported, entering with the occupant's consent or, if refused, by court-issued administrative…

Minneapolis exempts properly maintained car alarms from the citywide five-minute automatic shutoff rule that applies to burglar alarms, but the sounding still must stay within the…

Minneapolis enforces a special one-third octave band test for low-frequency bass noise when a dB(C) meter can't isolate it: a 10 dB(C) rise above ambient in any one-third octave band…

Minneapolis bars and nightclubs violate the noise code when sound exceeds ambient levels by 10 dB(C) daytime or 5 dB(C) nighttime inside a neighboring dwelling, enforced by the health…

Minneapolis HOAs and condos operate under the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act (MCIOA), MN Chapter 515B. Associations enforce CCRs through notice, fines, and lien rights.

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 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…

Minneapolis requires a city license for peddlers and transient merchants, but solicitors need only register for a free ID card: all three must stop ringing doorbells by 9 p.m. and…

Minneapolis window signs can cover up to 30 percent of the window area, but can't obstruct the view into or out of the building between four and seven feet above grade, and they count…

Minneapolis limits off-premises billboards near freeways to designated Billboard Districts along limited-access roadways, capping height at 35 feet and sign area at 672 square feet…

MN Stat 211B.045 preempts local regulation of noncommercial political signs on private property from 46 days before the state primary through 10 days after the general election.

Minneapolis bars new digital or electronic elements on off-premises billboards citywide, with one narrow exception carved out for the Downtown West Entertainment Billboard District.

Off-premises billboards in Minneapolis's General Billboard District are lighting-capped at 7,000 nits from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and 500 nits overnight, with animated and flashing displays…

Minneapolis caps outdoor lighting spillover at one-half footcandle onto the nearest residential property line and five footcandles at the street curb or a nonresidential line, with…

Minneapolis caps site lighting at half a footcandle on residential lot lines and requires cutoff fixtures above 2,000 lumens under the zoning code's lighting performance standard.

Disturbing more than half an acre in Minneapolis requires a city engineer-approved stormwater management plan controlling runoff rate, volume, and water quality before work begins.

Minneapolis caps vehicle idling at three consecutive minutes per hour under Chapter 58, with longer limits for commercial diesel trucks and exemptions for traffic, weather, and safety…

Minneapolis requires an erosion and sediment control permit for any land-disturbing activity that moves more than 5 cubic yards of soil or disturbs over 500 square feet, with bigger…

New and substantially improved structures in Minneapolis's Flood Fringe District must be elevated on fill so the lowest floor sits at or above the regulatory flood protection…

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board bars boats from landing, launching, docking, mooring, or anchoring along Mississippi River park waters unless the boater holds a special permit…

Building, filling, or grading in a mapped Floodway or Flood Fringe District requires a zoning permit, and structures must be elevated or floodproofed to the regulatory flood protection…

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…

Minneapolis prohibits camping in tents, trailers, or other temporary structures on any public or private premises, and requires the city to publish quarterly reports detailing every…

Minneapolis declares rats and rat harborages a public nuisance citywide, requiring property owners to exterminate infestations, ratproof buildings, and store food waste in ratproof…

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

Minneapolis requires cannabis dispensaries to sit at least 300 feet from any K-12 school and inside a contiguous commercial or industrial area of at least three acres zoned for…

Minneapolis restricts cannabis dispensaries to a contiguous three-acre commercial or industrial area, at least 300 feet from any K-12 school, under the zoning code's specific use…

Adults 21+ in Minneapolis may grow up to eight cannabis plants per residence, with no more than four mature, under Minn. Stat. §342. Plants must be in a secure, enclosed, non-public…

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.

Minneapolis grants a floor area ratio premium to multifamily projects of 20+ units that build affordable housing on-site, with the bonus doubling for units affordable at or below 30%…

MN Stat 471.9996 preempts local rent control absent voter approval. Minneapolis voters approved a 2021 charter amendment enabling rent rules, but no binding ordinance has been enacted.

Minnesota Statute Section 504B.178 caps rental security deposits and mandates return within 21 days after lease end, with itemized deductions and 1% monthly interest accrual on…

Minneapolis requires 'cause' before a new owner can end an affordable-housing tenant's lease during the three-month protection period after a building sale, or else pay three months'…

Minneapolis owners must hold a valid rental dwelling license, administrative registration, or short-term rental registration before letting any dwelling unit for occupancy or…

Minneapolis landlords must maintain habitable rooms at 68F from October through April (65F in the May and September shoulder periods) and meet minimum light, ventilation, and…

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…

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…

Minneapolis inspectors must give written notice before enforcing most housing code violations under Code of Ordinances § 244.150, describing the property, specifying the violation, and…

Minneapolis residents report suspected code violations, housing, nuisance, zoning, or property maintenance, through the city's 311 service center, the official centralized point of…

Minneapolis bans selling, giving away, or exchanging flavored tobacco products and samples anywhere in the city, with narrow carve-outs for licensed tobacco products shops and off-sale…

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…

Minneapolis parks close to the public from midnight to 6 a.m., with undeveloped park areas closing even earlier, at 10 p.m.

Minneapolis bars anyone under eighteen from public places during set curfew hours: under-15s from 10 p.m. (11 p.m. Friday and Saturday) until 4 a.m., and 15-to-17-year-olds from 12:01…

Minneapolis requires homeowners to clear sidewalk snow and ice within 24 hours of a snowfall ending; commercial and rental property owners get just four daytime hours, and sand is…

Minneapolis can order a vacant building rehabilitated or demolished once it qualifies as a nuisance condition, typically vacant six months or failing code-compliance standards, under…

Minneapolis bans weeds or grass over eight inches on any lot or parcel citywide, occupied or vacant, declaring overgrowth a nuisance condition that the health commissioner can order…

Hotel and short-term lodging stays in Minneapolis carry a combined tax burden of about 13 percent: 6.875 percent Minnesota sales tax, 3 percent Minneapolis lodging tax, and 2.625…

Minneapolis enacted a Sick and Safe Time ordinance in 2017 requiring employers to provide paid leave. Minnesota's statewide Earned Sick and Safe Time law (Minn. Stat. 181.9445) took…

Minneapolis requires new development to preserve 'significant trees', remnant native stands, rare or horticulturally valuable species, and any tree 12 inches or larger in diameter, as…

Planting any tree in a Minneapolis parkway or street boulevard requires a free permit from the Park Board's general superintendent of parks specifying location, variety and grade.

Minneapolis requires a mobile food vehicle license under Section 188.485 before any food truck operates on public streets or private property, with a detailed plan-review application…

Minneapolis licenses sidewalk food carts under Code § 188.510, capping dimensions at 4 by 8 by 8 feet, restricting hours to 6 a.m.–midnight, and barring carts within 200 feet of a K-12…

Minneapolis licenses mobile food vehicles and sidewalk carts and restricts exactly where they can operate: curbside parking only, no operating within 100 feet of a sidewalk restaurant…

Minneapolis requires a permit from the city operations officer before any parade or race, with a 30-day filing deadline (60 days for large events) and mandatory liability insurance.

Minneapolis requires a block event permit from the city operations officer before closing any street or alley for a street fair, festival, or block party, with separate rules for…

Minneapolis restaurants, bars, and liquor licensees need a special council permit before serving customers in a sidewalk café on the public way next to their premises, per City Code §…

Minneapolis requires a block event permit from the city operations officer before any street or alley can be blockaded for a block party, with different hours, size caps, and deadlines…

Minneapolis designates culturally significant sites as landmarks or historic districts through the Heritage Preservation Commission, using seven criteria under Chapter 599.

Minneapolis adopts Minnesota's bicycle operation law, Minn. Stat. § 169.222, as the rule for every city street and sidewalk, and separately bars riding a bike on sidewalks inside…

Uber and Lyft drivers licensed as Minneapolis transportation network companies cannot pick up or drop off riders at designated taxicab stands, no-stopping or no-standing zones, or…

Minneapolis requires shared scooter and low-power-vehicle operators to hold a city contract or license before renting fleets from public right-of-way, and impounds shared scooters left…

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…

Solar panels go through administrative review, not a full hearing: the zoning administrator approves or denies applications filed under Minneapolis Code § 550.1730, and grid-tied…

Minnesota Statute 500.215 voids HOA covenants that unreasonably restrict solar energy systems. Minneapolis condo and townhome boards cannot ban rooftop solar outright.

Garage, yard, and estate sales are exempt from the secondhand dealer license as long as they run no more than 72 hours and no more than two are held per residential dwelling each year.

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…

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 agricultural zoning combines local authority under chapter 394 county planning with state feedlot rules in Minn. Stat. 116.07, while Right to Farm protections in 561.19 limit…

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…

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…