Minnetonka, MN Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

The governing parking rule is section 930.030, subdivision 15 of the Minnetonka City Code, and it works by outcome rather than by calendar. A vehicle or trailer on a street, road or highway violates the section whenever it interferes with removal of snow, sleet, slush or ice, and the owner is equally responsible for allowing a vehicle or trailer under his or her control to remain there. Subdivision 15 sets no alternate-side days and names no designated snow-emergency routes. The trigger is interference with snow removal.

Enforcement starts with the police department, which can order the motor vehicle or trailer towed from the right-of-way at the owner's expense, on top of any other penalties for the violation. Section 930.075 separately authorizes police department personnel to remove a parked vehicle from a street to a garage or other place of safety when the vehicle hinders snow removal, street improvements or maintenance operations.

Overnight permit parking is not a shield. Under section 930.032 the council can create overnight parking permit areas by resolution, and that resolution must specify the permit conditions, including limits on the number of permits per residence and requirements related to snow plowing. Permits issued under the section do not exempt holders from complying with other parking regulations, including the prohibition on interference with snow removal.

Where you put the snow is regulated in a separate chapter. Section 1130.010 bars a person from depositing snow or ice plowed or removed from private property onto a public street, public sidewalk or other public property. Street boulevards are intended to provide storage for snow and ice removed from city streets, so snow from private property can go into the boulevard abutting the property it came from but not into non-abutting boulevard areas. No one can deposit snow or ice onto a public street or sidewalk in a manner that unreasonably obstructs its use or interferes with city snowplowing operations, and an owner or occupant cannot permit a plow operator to do it. Section 1130.005 defines street as the traveled portion of any city street, alley, and highway, county road and state highway within the City of Minnetonka, including curb and gutter.