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

Maple Grove's weed and grass ordinance is City Code Sec. 14-127. Subsection (a) requires owners and occupants to abate two conditions on their property and the abutting land outside the traveled street: plants defined by law as noxious weeds, and any weeds or grass growing higher than eight inches or which have gone or are about to go to seed. By May 15 each year, the city publishes a notice in its official newspaper directing owners to destroy such weeds and grass, requiring elimination within ten days of publication. When a specific violation appears, the city serves the owner and occupant by certified mail or personal service, ordering the weeds or grass cut and removed within ten days after mailing; if no owner can be found, the property is posted ten days before the city acts. City representatives may enter the property to measure vegetation height and take samples. If the owner does not comply, the city may cut and remove the growth and bill the cost, which becomes a special assessment if unpaid. Subsection (e) exempts property zoned R-A; undeveloped or agricultural land under current cultivation or grazing (except portions within 200 feet of abutting development, facilities or streets); natural preserves; certain public rights-of-way; and identified Native American burial sites. The adopted property maintenance code (Sec. 8-121) further amends IPMC Section 303.2 to require accumulations and growth be addressed.