Eagan, MN Parking Rules: Curb Color Rules (2026)

Section 7.10 is a flat, two-sentence prohibition: it is unlawful for any person to paint, letter or color any street, sidewalk or curb and gutter for advertising purposes, or to paint or color any of them for any purpose, with the only exception being work done by city employees acting within the course of their employment. The provision does not distinguish between temporary chalk-style markings and permanent paint, and it does not carve out house-number curb-painting fundraisers of the kind common elsewhere; Eagan's code instead builds in a narrower exception for uniformly coloring concrete or other surfacing or uniformly painted house numbers, and only if the city engineer approves the coloring in advance.

That means a resident who wants reflective house numbers stenciled on the curb, or a contractor who wants to tint a section of concrete, must get sign-off from the city engineer's office before doing the work; painting a curb on personal initiative, including for a school fundraiser or a private driveway marker, is a violation even if the paint matches city standards. The rule sits in Chapter 7 (Streets and Sidewalks), so a violation is enforced through Section 7.99, the chapter's general misdemeanor/petty misdemeanor penalty clause, rather than through a separate fine schedule specific to this section.