Eden Prairie, MN Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Section 8.02, General Parking Prohibitions, works alongside Chapter 6's traffic definitions to bar four specific street parking practices in the City of Eden Prairie unless a driver is avoiding a traffic conflict or following a police officer's or traffic-control device's direction. First, parking in a sign-posted fire lane is unlawful outright. Second, parking in any alley is barred except for loading or unloading, and even then only for as long as reasonably necessary to load or unload adjacent premises. Third, parking on any boulevard that has been curbed is prohibited; a curbed boulevard is the grassy strip between the street and sidewalk once it has curb and gutter improvements.

Fourth, parking within three feet of the edge of a driveway is unlawful, protecting sightlines and access for the driveway's users, except that on cul-de-sacs a vehicle may be parked all the way to the edge of a driveway. Section 8.01 separately makes proof that a cited vehicle's registered owner was driving it prima facie evidence that the owner is the person who parked it in violation of this chapter, so registered owners, not just drivers, answer for a Section 8.02 citation. Chapter 8's general definitions and scope are drawn from Chapter 6, and Section 8.99 sets the penalty structure for the whole parking chapter, including Section 8.02.