Minnetonka, MN Public Conduct: Public Marijuana Use (2026)

Section 1045.032 of the Minnetonka City Code, titled Cannabis and related products in public places, was added by Ord. No. 2024-19, effective 1-4-2025. It has two separate rules. Subdivision 1, headed No use, covers cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products. A person cannot use them within 50 feet of any city-maintained outdoor swimming beach, playground, other outdoor facility used for sports or athletics, park shelter, warming house, refreshment stand, or public restroom. Subdivision 2, headed No smoking, is narrower in product but wider in space.

It bars vaporizing or smoking cannabis flower, cannabis products, artificially derived cannabinoids or hemp-derived consumer products on any city park property, including recreational trails located within a park property but not including recreational trails located outside a park property, and on any part of a property upon which any city-operated building is located. So the 50-foot rule uses the broader word use and lists lower-potency hemp edibles, while the smoking rule names vaporizing and smoking and applies across the whole park or building site. Subdivision 3 says the terms have the meanings given them in Minnesota Statutes, section 342.01, and that if a location falls within both subdivisions the most restrictive provision shall apply.

The section sets the offense level itself: each prohibition is a petty misdemeanor offense. Section 1310.010 explains that designation as a petty misdemeanor means that upon conviction the sentence will be in accordance with state law. The Minnetonka Police Department enforces the section within the City of Minnetonka.