Brooklyn Park, MN Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 94.03(C)
- Standard
- Rodent-free or fly-tight containers
- Related rule
- § 94.03(K), junk harboring vermin
- Enforcement
- Health Authority abatement order
- Max penalty
- $1,000 fine / 90 days
Summary
Brooklyn Park declares it a public nuisance to store garbage anywhere but rodent-free or fly-tight containers, and separately bans letting junk or disused items accumulate where they can harbor rats or vermin. Both rules sit in the city's specific-nuisances list, Sec. 94.03.
It is declared to be a public nuisance to permit, maintain, or harbor any of the following: ... (C) Garbage not stored in rodent free or fly-tight containers, or garbage stored so as to emit foul and disagreeable odors, or garbage stored so as to constitute a hazard to public health. ... (K) Accumulation of junk, disused furniture, appliances, machinery, automobiles or parts thereof, or any matter which may become a harborage for rats, snakes, or vermin or which creates a visual blight, or which may be conducive to fire, or which endangers the comfort, repose, health, safety, or welfare of the public.
Full Breakdown
Sec. " The rule reaches storage practice directly: a resident can violate it even without odor complaints if the container itself is not rodent-free or fly-tight. Subsection (K) backs this with a broader accumulation rule, declaring a nuisance any "accumulation of junk, disused furniture, appliances, machinery, automobiles or parts thereof, or any matter which may become a harborage for rats, snakes, or vermin," which covers cluttered yards and storage areas that draw pests even when no garbage is involved. Enforcement runs through the same nuisance-abatement path as the rest of Chapter 94: the Health Authority can order an owner or occupant to correct the condition under Sec.
06, and if the order is not followed, the city may abate the condition itself and assess the removal cost against the property as a special assessment collected the following year under Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429. Separately, the waste-storage rule in Sec. 14 requires garbage, recycling and yard-waste containers to be kept out of front and street-adjacent side yards and fully screened from view, which works alongside the rodent-free requirement to keep containers both pest-resistant and out of public sight.
Violations & Fines
A violation of Sec. 94.03(C) is a misdemeanor under Sec. 94.99: a fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both, with costs of prosecution added. Each day the condition continues is a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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