Plymouth, MN Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Plymouth City Code § 411.42, Subd. 1
- Referenced nuisance code
- City Code § 960
- Criminal conviction required
- No
- Written report deadline
- 7 days after notice (Subd. 2)
- Enforcing official
- Compliance Official
Summary
In the City of Plymouth, short-term rental licensees must prevent conduct that disturbs the neighborhood, including violations of the nuisance ordinance in City Code § 960 and nuisance service calls, under § 411.42 Subd. 1. A substantiated disorderly-use finding does not require a criminal conviction.
Subd. 1.It shall be the responsibility of the licensee to take appropriate action to prevent conduct that disturbs or diminishes the health and welfare of the neighborhood community such as violations of City Code 960, incidents of nuisance service calls as defined by Section 960 or any other relevant criminal state statutes. It shall not be necessary that criminal charges are brought to support a determination of disorderly use, nor shall the fact of dismissal or acquittal of such a criminal charge operate as a bar to adverse license action under this Section.
Full Breakdown
42 Subd. 1 makes it the licensee's responsibility to prevent conduct at a short-term rental that disturbs or diminishes the health and welfare of the neighborhood, expressly including violations of the general nuisance ordinance in City Code § 960 and incidents that generate nuisance service calls as defined in that same section, as well as any other relevant criminal state statute. The subdivision makes clear that a disorderly-use finding does not depend on a criminal conviction: it is not necessary that criminal charges be filed to support a determination of disorderly use, and even a dismissal or acquittal on a related criminal charge does not bar the City from taking license action.
Under Subd. 2, once the Compliance Official determines a licensed short-term rental was used in a disorderly manner, the City sends the licensee a certified-mail notice directing corrective action, and the licensee must submit a written report within seven days, excluding holidays, detailing the steps taken and planned to prevent further disorderly use. 42. 41.
Violations & Fines
A first substantiated disorderly-use incident under § 411.42 Subd. 1 draws a certified-mail notice and requires the licensee to file a written corrective-action report within seven days under Subd. 2; the City needs no criminal conviction to make that finding, and a later dismissal or acquittal of related charges does not undo it.
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