Maple Grove, MN Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)
Key Facts
- District
- R-A Single-Family Agricultural
- Farming/ag buildings
- permitted use
- Commercial feedlots
- not included
- Purpose
- prevent rapid urbanization
Summary
Maple Grove, Minnesota sets aside an R-A Single-Family Agricultural District that permits farming and agricultural buildings, aiming to preserve low-density, open, and agricultural land against rapid urbanization.
The R-A Single-Family Agricultural District is intended to provide a district which will allow suitable areas of the city to be retained and utilized by low density residential, open space and/or agricultural uses, prevent rapid urbanization and provide economy in public expenditures for public utilities and service.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 6 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 36-231 establishes the R-A Single-Family Agricultural District to retain suitable areas of Maple Grove for low-density residential, open space, and agricultural uses while preventing rapid urbanization. Under § 36-232(1), farming and agricultural-related buildings and structures are a permitted use in this district, subject to state pollution control standards, though commercial feedlots and other commercial farming operations are not included. This is a local zoning designation, not a nuisance-immunity ordinance; broader right-to-farm protection against nuisance suits comes from Minn. Stat. § 561.19, a state law.
Violations & Fines
Commercial feedlots or other commercial farming operations are not permitted uses in the R-A district and would require a different zoning classification or conditional use approval to operate.
Frequently Asked Questions
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