Eagan, MN Property Maintenance: Weeds & Overgrown Grass (2026)

Eagan's turfgrass establishment and maintenance rules set a clear height limit: all turfgrass vegetation must not exceed a height of 8 inches, and all vegetation within the right-of-way (the boulevard area) likewise must not exceed 8 inches. The City makes the abutting property owner responsible for maintaining the boulevard area turfgrass all the way to the curbline. Eagan's rules also address establishment: all disturbed areas of private property not occupied by buildings, parking, storage or landscape beds must have turfgrass established through sodding or seeding before a Certificate of Occupancy is issued. The City notes its published guidance is written as a guide and is not a complete set of requirements, so the full City Code governs. For weeds specifically, Minnesota Statutes Section 18.78 requires a person owning land, occupying land, or responsible for maintaining land to control all noxious weeds on that land at a time and in a manner ordered by a weed inspector or county-designated employee, a duty that applies statewide and supplements Eagan's local turfgrass standard. Native and managed plantings that naturally exceed 8 inches can be permitted when properly maintained for the cultivar type.