Rochester, MN

Rochester bars any dog from running at large anywhere in the city, and in an on-leash area the leash, chain or cable cannot exceed ten feet. Cats can roam unless they wander onto…

Rochester has no breed ban; it instead adopts Minnesota's dangerous-dog statute by reference, expands the definition of proper enclosure, drops the sterilization requirement, and…

Rochester allows up to three hen chickens per property with a city permit, no roosters ever, and up to twelve hens if the permit is for an educational program. Coops and runs must sit…

Rochester caps most households at eight cats, dogs and ferrets combined, and no more than five dogs, unless the resident holds a city breeder's permit. New residents may keep whatever…

Rochester bans keeping wild animals within city limits, naming big cats, wolf hybrids, venomous snakes, raccoons, bears and pot-bellied pigs among the prohibited species, with narrow…

A veterinary office or animal clinic is a permitted use, no conditional use permit required, in Olmsted County's Commercial Service (CS) District, grouped with doctors, dentists and…

Minnesota keeps honey bees under a hands-off regime. Section 17.445 directs the Department of Agriculture to inspect apiaries only on request, and there is no statewide license…

Minnesota Statute 97B.106 restricts deer feeding statewide in counties affected by chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis. DNR rules supplement the law and apply uniformly…

Rochester requires a written permit from the parks and recreation department before anyone trims, sprays, fertilizes or cuts a boulevard tree beyond routine upkeep, under Code § 9-4-5…

Rochester requires a permit before anyone plants, trims or removes a boulevard tree, the trees between the sidewalk and street that abutting property owners are otherwise responsible…

Rochester City Code § 8-5-3 makes it unlawful, and a public nuisance, to let noxious weeds grow or turf grass exceed 12 inches in height over at least 200 square feet of a private lot…

Backyard compost piles are allowed in every zoning district in unincorporated Olmsted County as an accessory use, with no separate permit, but Section 10.53 caps a residential pile at…

Minnesota does not restrict collecting rainwater in barrels for gardens and landscaping, but plumbed nonpotable rainwater catchment systems that supply fixtures, water features, or…

Rochester requires single- and multiple-station smoke alarms in every Group R dwelling under Code sections 7-8-38 through 7-8-47, covering sleeping areas, egress paths and every story…

Rochester's fire code defines a lawful recreational fire in section 8-2-2(c): fuel no larger than three feet across and two feet tall, kept at least 25 feet from any structure or…

Rochester requires a fire department operational permit before any open burning of vegetation, brush, trees, or land-clearing debris. The permit costs $300 per location plus a $75…

Minnesota state law permits only non-aerial, non-explosive consumer fireworks like sparklers, cones, and fountains. Aerial fireworks, firecrackers, bottle rockets, and Roman candles…

Minnesota DNR designates statewide and regional wildfire restriction zones during elevated fire danger, suspending all burning permits. Restrictions apply uniformly within designated…

Rochester's short-term rental table in section 7-10-2(b) caps how many units in a building may operate as short-term rentals by property type, and assumes occupancy in two-unit…

Rochester requires anyone operating a short-term rental, a dwelling rented for under 30 days, to hold a registration certificate under Code section 7-10-2(a). Owner-occupied units only…

Rochester charges an annual license fee for short-term rental hosting platforms under Code section 7-10-3, discounted for platforms listing 150 units or fewer, and layers a 7 percent…

Rochester bans the use of any mechanical exhaust braking device, commonly called Jake braking or engine braking, that produces excessive, loud, unusual or explosive noise from a…

Rochester bans parties or gatherings of four or more people between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if noise from the group disturbs neighbors' peace and quiet. City Code Sec. 8-7-8(c) also…

Special events in Rochester that use amplified sound may not exceed 85 decibels measured at the property line or venue boundary under City Code Sec. 8-11-6. Organizers can instead ask…

Rochester City Code § 8-7-8(b) bars building construction, excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair work between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday, from 10:00 p.m…

Rochester City Code § 8-7-8(e) bans playing a radio, speaker, musical instrument, or similar device so loudly it disturbs a reasonable person's peace and quiet. Sound plainly audible…

Rochester treats excessive barking as a public nuisance once it runs more than five minutes straight or intermittently for over an hour and is audible off the property. A first offense…

Aircraft noise in Minnesota is governed primarily by federal aviation rules, with state oversight through the Metropolitan Airports Commission and MnDOT airport zoning standards. Local…

Rochester limits truck loading zones to commercial vehicles loading or unloading commodities for no more than 30 minutes under City Code § 11-6-15, while passenger loading zones cap…

Commercial trucks longer than 23 feet or wider than eight feet cannot sit parked in any Rochester residential zoning district for more than four consecutive hours. Enclosed garages…

Rochester City Code § 8-3-6 bars leaving an unlicensed, inoperable, or wrecked motor vehicle in the open on any property, public or private. A vehicle owner who fails to keep a valid…

Boats, boat trailers, motorhomes over 23 feet, and heavy machinery cannot sit parked on any Rochester street, alley, or city lot for more than one hour. The city allows a longer…

From November 1 through April 1, Rochester bans street parking between 2:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on the side of the street matching the date: even dates park on even-numbered addresses…

Where Rochester has not posted a specific time limit, a vehicle cannot sit in the same parking zone for more than 24 consecutive hours. Signed and metered zones follow whatever limit…

Rochester bans stopping within five feet of any driveway or alley entrance, ten feet of a fire hydrant, and ten feet of a curbside mailbox. The rule applies to attended and unattended…

In Olmsted County's Agricultural and Residential districts, off-street parking cannot sit in the front yard unless it is inside an established driveway. Every parking area, wherever it…

Minnesota Statutes chapter 168B governs nonconsensual towing and impoundment. It sets no cap on hookup, mileage, storage, or gate fees, and it creates no drop fee for an owner who…

In the townships Olmsted County zones directly, Eyota, Marion, Oronoco and Quincy, a shed or other accessory building is capped by lot size. In the R-1, ARC and RSD districts a lot…

Olmsted County doesn't allow garage apartments or backyard ADUs by right on its farm lots; a second dwelling on an agricultural lot is only permitted as a mobile home, approved as a…

Minnesota's tiny-home statute, Minn. Stat. § 327.30, legalizes "micro units", permanent dwellings of 400 gross square feet or less, but only when placed within a…

A below-grade pool in the townships Olmsted County zones directly must be enclosed by a fence at least 5 feet high that keeps children out, with narrow gaps on wooden fencing, or…

In the townships Olmsted County zones directly, a private swimming pool is an accessory use allowed in any residential district, but Section 10.23 attaches conditions and Section 3.06…

Olmsted County lets homeowners run a home business as an accessory use, but caps it at 25% of the dwelling's floor area and bars alterations exceeding 25% of the property's assessed…

A home business in Olmsted County's R-A, R-1, R-2, ARC or RSD districts may put up exactly one free-standing sign, and it cannot exceed two square feet in area or be illuminated. Any…

Family and group family day care is a permitted, by-right use across Olmsted County's A-1, R-1 and R-2 zoning districts, capped at 12 people for a licensed day care facility and 14…

Minnesota Statutes section 28A.152 establishes the statewide cottage food exemption, allowing home producers to sell certain non-potentially-hazardous foods directly to consumers after…

Minnesota has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, and its food code closes the door from the other side. Minn. R. 4626.1425 says a private home, a room used as living…

Olmsted County regulates fences in unincorporated areas through its Chapter 1400 Zoning Ordinance, administered by the Olmsted County Planning Department for the cooperatively-planned…

Minnesota's partition fence law, Minn. Stat. chapter 344, makes adjoining landowners build and maintain a boundary fence in equal shares when both parcels raise livestock and one owner…

Rochester prohibits camping on any city-owned land or right-of-way without specific authorization under Code § 8-15-3, adopted March 18, 2024. The city may remove campsite materials…

Every dwelling, apartment or rooming unit rented out in Rochester needs a registration certificate before an owner may allow occupancy, under City Code section 7-9-1. The certificate…

Rochester landlords who rent, lease or let a dwelling unit or sleeping unit must supply heat once the outside temperature at the Rochester International Airport drops below 50°F…

Since a 2023 amendment, Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.321, subd. 1a requires a landlord to give a tenant 14 days' written notice before filing an eviction for nonpayment of rent. The notice…

Under Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.211 a landlord must give reasonable notice of not less than 24 hours before entering a tenant's unit and may enter only for a reasonable business purpose…

Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.177 caps late fees on residential rent at 8% of the overdue rent payment and allows a late fee only if landlord and tenant agreed to it in writing. The statute…

Under Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.135, either party may end a tenancy at will with written notice at least as long as the rent interval or three months, whichever is less. For monthly rent…

Minnesota has no statewide rent cap and generally bars local rent control under Minn. Stat. § 471.9996, but it carves out one exception: a city, county, or town may control rents if…

Minnesota has no rent control statute and no dollar cap on rent increases. A rent change on a month-to-month tenancy takes effect at a new term, so notice follows the termination rule…

Minnesota sets no statutory cap on residential security deposits under Minn. Stat. § 504B.178. The landlord must return the deposit, plus 1% simple interest, within three weeks after…

Minn. Stat. Sec. 541.02 sets a 15-year limitations period to recover real estate, the basis for adverse possession. For platted, taxed land the claimant must also have paid the…

Property owners and occupants adjoining a public sidewalk in Rochester must keep it clear of snow, ice, dirt and rubbish within 24 hours, and once the city marks a hazardous section…

Rochester makes it a misdemeanor to obstruct a sidewalk, street or other public thoroughfare, defined in Code § 9-1-3 to include loitering, loafing, wandering or standing idle in a way…

Rochester requires a permit before anyone obstructs, excavates in, or encroaches on a public right-of-way, under Code § 9-2-5. The permit type depends on duration: an obstruction…

Rochester's park board can grant permits for the exclusive use of a picnic shelter or park area on a specified date and time under City Code § 9-16-12, and once a group holds that…

No one may conduct, sponsor or knowingly take part in a parade on Rochester's streets or sidewalks without a permit from the common council. City Code Sec. 8-13-2 states the flat rule…

Closing a Rochester street or sidewalk for the benefit of event attendees, the classic block party, makes the gathering a 'special event' under City Code Sec. 8-11-1, which requires a…

A Rochester restaurant or bar licensed by the county health department to sell food on-site can apply through the city clerk's office for a two-year special permit to operate a…

Rochester's ordinance authorizes automatic license plate readers for one narrow purpose: identifying vehicles parked in residential permit zones without a valid permit on file. The…

A dockless scooter company cannot operate from Rochester's public right-of-way without a written contract or license approved by the city council. An unauthorized shared scooter can…

Rochester classifies e-bikes as a "low power vehicle" alongside autocycles, mini-trucks, and motor scooters, and defers where and how they may operate on streets, alleys, highways, and…

Rochester designates certain paths and sidewalks as bicycle ways barred to motor vehicles under City Code § 11-1-5, and separately bars bicycles from sidewalks inside the downtown…

Minnesota runs two separate tracks. A motorized golf cart, ATV, utility task vehicle or mini truck may use a public road only where the county, city or town has passed an ordinance…

Rochester makes it unlawful to dump refuse on anyone else's property or to drop trash into a container that belongs to someone else without that person's consent. The prohibition sits…

Rochester City Code § 8-3-3 treats a construction dumpster, roll-off, or compactor left on a residential lot as a public nuisance once it overstays its welcome. A dumpster may sit on a…

Rochester requires refuse containers to be stored in or next to the garage, or next to the residence when there is no garage, and kept clean, sanitary and in good repair. Containers…

Rochester requires refuse pickup at least once a week at every residential and commercial property. Standard collection runs between 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., never on Sundays or on New…

Rochester lets residents keep spring and fall yard waste out of the regular garbage stream: leaves, grass clippings and similar material that pile up between pickups can be bagged in…

Every commercial and residential property in Olmsted County, except farms, must either hire a Licensed Hauler for trash pickup or register as a Self-Hauler under Section 3505.03 of the…

Mattresses, major appliances and furniture too large for a standard curbside cart are classified as Bulky Items under Olmsted County's Solid Waste Ordinance. Collecting someone else's…

Olmsted County's Solid Waste Ordinance requires every residential Generator to separate Recyclable Materials from the trash and get them to a Recycling Center, either by self-hauling…

Rochester requires a permit from the department of building safety before any electrical system is installed, enlarged, altered, repaired, removed, converted or replaced, with an…

Rochester requires a permit from the department of building safety before any plumbing system is installed, enlarged, altered, repaired, removed, converted or replaced, with an…

Rochester requires carbon monoxide alarms in every dwelling under Code section 7-8-48, incorporating Section 915.2 of the Minnesota Fire Code. Detection must sit outside each sleeping…

Rochester enforces the Minnesota State Building Code as its local building code, with permit fees scaled to project valuation from $25 for minor work up to thousands of dollars for…

Every mobile food unit operator in Rochester needs a city license before vending anywhere in the city, whether on public streets, near parks, or on private property, under City Code…

Rochester confines much of its food-truck activity to a defined mobile food unit zone in the downtown core, mapped and kept on file with the city clerk under City Code Sec. 5-21-7…

Rochester's mobile food unit code controls how food trucks interact with sidewalks: operators may only vend when the truck is lawfully stopped and legally parked parallel to the curb…

Rochester bans using, smoking, or vaporizing cannabis flower, cannabis products, or hemp-derived consumer products in any public place or place of public accommodation. City Code Sec…

Rochester City Code § 8-7-5 makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate on any public street, alley, sidewalk, or the floor of a public building, or anywhere else, public or private…

Rochester's Social Host Ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to host or allow a gathering of three or more people where a person under 21 possesses or drinks alcohol, whether or not the…

Rochester bans possessing an open alcoholic beverage in any public place. City Code Sec. 5-19-30(e) makes it unlawful to carry a container with a broken seal outside a licensed…

Rochester bans smoking outdoors in four specific public zones: the Second Avenue SW medical-district right-of-way, transit shelters, municipal parking ramps, and the streets around the…

Rochester bars skateboards, rollerblades and rollerskates from public sidewalks, the Peace Plaza, public parking lots, and any public or private structure inside the defined central…

Rochester restricts pedestrians from walking or standing on any traffic island, median or roadway outside a designated crosswalk or intersection under Code § 9-1-8. The rule kicks in…

Rochester's Chapter 8-9 makes it unlawful to engage in aggressive panhandling anywhere in the city. City Code Sec. 8-9-3 states the flat rule in one sentence, while Sec. 8-9-2 defines…

Rochester does not zone cannabis retailers by district; instead, City Code Sec. 5-23-4 caps the number of licensed cannabis retailers, mezzobusinesses, and microbusinesses with retail…

No cannabis business, including cultivation, may operate within 1,000 feet of a school, college or university, or within 500 feet of a licensed day care, a residential treatment…

Minnesota Statutes section 342.09 allows adults 21 and older to cultivate up to eight cannabis plants per residence, with no more than four mature, statewide. Cities cannot prohibit…

Anyone going door-to-door in Rochester to sell goods, take orders, show merchandise or conduct a survey must first register with the city clerk and carry a signed permit, under Code §…

Rochester requires two separate city licenses for massage therapy: a massage therapist license for the person doing the massage and a massage therapy business license for the business…

Rochester requires separate city licenses before anyone operates a companionship establishment, escort service or private adult dancer service, and before an individual works as an…

No one may operate as a pawnbroker in Rochester, or hold themselves out as one, without a pawnbroker license from the city for that specific location, under Code § 5-13-4. Licenses are…

Any retail establishment in Olmsted County that sells tobacco, e-cigarettes, vape products or related devices must first get a county retail license under Chapter 2200. Applicants…

Rochester charges a 7 percent lodging tax on rent collected by hotels, motels, roominghouses, tourist courts and trailer camps under City Code § 10-4-2, stated separately from rent and…

Rochester's Housing Code requires every structure and exterior property to stay free of rodent harborage and infestation under Sec. 7-4-13. Once rodents are found, the responsible…

Rochester requires anyone selling ice cream, popsicles, or frozen desserts from a street vehicle to hold an annual city license, and City Code Sec. 5-20-2(a) requires every applicant…

Rochester bars minors under 16 from public streets, parks and places of amusement between 10:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., and minors 16 and 17 between midnight and 5:00 a.m. Violating adults…

Rochester closes its parks and parkways to the public between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. under City Code § 9-16-13, with only police officers and park board staff exempt; the board can…

Rochester requires a grading permit before any grading work and ties new-building permits to completed erosion and sediment control on the site. Temporary cover is required within 45…

Rochester regulates what may enter its municipal storm sewer system under City Code Chapter 6-4, adopted to meet federal and state Clean Water Act requirements. Sec. 6-4-1 makes it…

Olmsted County's shoreland zoning code caps water-oriented accessory structures like docks, boathouses and watercraft storage buildings at one per residential lot, ten feet tall and…

Olmsted County participates in the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program and administers floodplain rules through Chapter 3750 - Floodplain and Shoreland Ordinance (Ordinance No…

Development along Minnesota's Lake Superior shoreland outside Duluth must meet the standards in the North Shore Management Plan, set statewide by Minnesota Rules 6120.2800, subpart 1a…

Rochester City Code § 8-3-2 declares a building, fence, or other structure a public nuisance if its exterior meets any of eight neglect standards: deteriorated surfaces, peeling paint…

Rochester property owners and occupants must clear snow, ice, dirt and rubbish from abutting public sidewalks and pedestrian ramps within 24 hours of it being deposited. Miss the…

Rochester ties every rental registration certificate to a city inspection: section 7-9-5(k) makes allowing the inspection a condition of licensure, section 7-9-7 requires the director…

Rochester defines reclaimed water as water collected from rooftops, paved surfaces or similar devices, or water reused more than once before it returns to the natural water cycle, and…

Olmsted County's zoning code bans light trespass onto neighboring land: outdoor fixtures in every district it zones must be arranged so no waste light crosses the property line, and…

Olmsted County has no lighting rule written specifically for billboards, but its general exterior lighting standard applies to any light source in any district, including one mounted…

Olmsted County's zoning ordinance caps outdoor light spilling onto public roads at 1.0 foot-candle and onto adjacent property at 0.5 foot-candle, measured at the property line…

Installing solar panels on a home or business in unincorporated Olmsted County requires a Zoning Certificate from the Zoning Administrator before construction begins, under Ch. 1400…

Minn. Stat. 500.216 bars homeowners associations and other private entities from prohibiting a roof-mounted solar energy system on a qualifying single-family home. Effective July 1…

In Olmsted County's R-1 Low Density Residential District, the zone covering most unincorporated house lots, dwellings can't exceed 35 feet, while churches, schools and other public or…

In Olmsted County's R-2 Mixed Low Density Residential District, front and side yards must be 45 feet from federal, state or county roads (25 feet from local roads), interior side yards…

Structures on an R-2 Mixed Low Density Residential lot in unincorporated Olmsted County can't cover more than 40 percent of the lot, the only numeric lot-coverage cap the base zoning…

Olmsted County bars drone flights within Graham Park, the county fairgrounds in Rochester, and in the airspace above it under Section 3968 of the Graham Park Rules. Flying an unmanned…

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 360 classifies unmanned aircraft as aircraft subject to FAA regulation and state aeronautics rules. The Department of Transportation Office of Aeronautics…

Olmsted County's A-1 Agricultural Protection District, the county's primary farmland zone in the unincorporated area, limits development to protect long-term farming. One farm dwelling…

Minnesota's Right to Farm law in Minn. Stat. 561.19 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits when they have operated for at least two years and comply with…

Olmsted County's zoning code bars placing any structure on a significant historic site within the shoreland overlay in a way that affects the site's value, unless the county has…

Minnesota's Earned Sick and Safe Time law in Minn. Stat. 181.9445 to 181.9448 provides statewide accrual rights, while a separate state Paid Leave program under chapter 268B begins…

Minnesota issues permits to carry pistols under the Minnesota Citizens' Personal Protection Act, codified at Minn. Stat. 624.714, with sheriffs administering shall-issue permitting for…

Minnesota statute 471.633 broadly preempts local firearms regulation, reserving authority over the lawful sale, transfer, possession, carrying, transportation, storage, and use of…

Minnesota law treats open carry of a pistol the same as concealed carry, requiring a permit under Minn. Stat. 624.714, while long-gun open carry is generally lawful absent local…

Minnesota requires a permit to carry a pistol on or about the person or in a vehicle under Minn. Stat. 624.714, with state preemption barring stricter local rules under Minn. Stat…

Nonprofit, fraternal, veterans', and religious organizations need a license from the Gambling Control Board before running bingo, raffles, paddlewheels, tipboards, or pull-tabs. Minn…

Minnesota's gambling statute excludes "a private social bet not part of or incidental to organized, commercialized, or systematic gambling" from the legal definition of a bet. Under…

Minnesota has never authorized a licensed sportsbook. Placing a bet is a misdemeanor under Minn. Stat. § 609.755(1), and taking bets crosses into gross-misdemeanor or felony territory…

Under the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act (Minn. Stat. Ch. 515B), an association gets an automatic lien for unpaid assessments. Section 515B.3-116 gives it a six-month…

The Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act requires open board meetings (Minn. Stat. § 515B.3-103), annual meetings with director elections (§ 515B.3-108), and gives owners broad…

Minnesota law overrides HOA covenants in two areas. Minn. Stat. § 500.216 bars associations from prohibiting roof-mounted solar on qualifying single-family homes, and Minn. Stat. §…

Minnesota Statutes section 500.215 makes void and unenforceable any deed restriction, restrictive covenant, homeowners association document, lease term, contract, or even a local…

Minnesota Statutes section 515B.3-102(a)(11) lets a common interest community association levy reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, and rules, but only after…

A Minnesota common interest community association can foreclose on your home without ever going to court. Minn. Stat. § 515B.3-116(h)(1) gives the association a power of sale to…

Minnesota is one of the states that runs the opposite way on this question. Nothing in the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act caps how far an association may restrict leasing…

Minnesota does not run sobriety checkpoints, and it never legislated for them. The words checkpoint and roadblock do not appear anywhere in chapter 169A, the impaired driving chapter…

Minnesota is a one-party consent state. Minn. Stat. section 626A.02, subdivision 2, paragraph (d) makes it lawful for a person not acting under color of law to record a wire…

Minnesota has never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute. Neither chapter 609, the criminal code, nor chapter 629, the arrest chapter, creates an offence of refusing to give a…

Minnesota wrote the rule into the search chapter, not the legalisation act. Minn. Stat. section 626.223, added by 2024 Laws chapter 123, article 3, section 5 and effective 1 August…

Minnesota Statute 211B.045 preempts municipal regulation of noncommercial signs during a defined election window. From 46 days before the state primary through 10 days after the…

Minnesota previously preempted local plastic bag bans under Minn. Stat. 325E.045, but the legislature repealed that preemption in 2023, allowing cities like Minneapolis to enforce bag…

Minnesota raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco and electronic delivery devices to 21 in 2020 through changes tied to Minn. Stat. 461.12 and 609.685, aligning with federal Tobacco…

Minnesota does not impose a statewide flavored tobacco ban, but Minn. Stat. 461.12 authorizes cities and counties to adopt stricter local rules including restrictions on menthol and…

Minnesota allows extra forward lighting but counts and measures it. Minn. Stat. 169.56 lets any motor vehicle carry no more than two spot lamps, two fog lamps mounted 12 to 30 inches…

Minnesota answers the dash cam question with a closed list rather than a measurement. Minn. Stat. 169.71, subd. 1(a)(2) bars any object suspended between the driver and the windshield…

Minnesota motorcyclists may split and filter, but only in slow traffic. Minn. Stat. § 169.974, subd. 5(f) still prohibits riding between lanes, riding abreast of another vehicle in the…

Minnesota leaves no room for a tinted, smoked or even perfectly clear plate cover. Minn. Stat. § 169.79, subd. 7 says it is unlawful to cover the assigned letters and numbers, or the…

Minnesota has never written a radar detector statute. A full-text search of the 2025 Minnesota Statutes on the Revisor of Statutes site returns zero occurrences of the phrase "radar…

Minnesota does not have a studded-tire season. Minn. Stat. § 169.72, subd. 1(c) bars any tire on a highway from carrying a block, stud, flange, cleat or spike of any material other…

Minnesota applies one light-transmittance figure to the whole car. Minn. Stat. 169.71, subd. 4(3) bars driving a Minnesota-registered vehicle whose side or rear windows pass less than…