Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules in Minnesota (2026)

Property owners and occupants in the City of Coon Rapids, not the City, are responsible for maintaining the boulevard…

In the City of Duluth, the city engineer repairs or replaces public sidewalks rather than requiring the abutting owner…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, City Code section 7-3-8 puts the duty to clear ice and snow from public sidewalks…

Abutting property owners in Maple Grove must keep public sidewalks repaired and safe, and the city can fix an unsafe…

Minneapolis property owners must build, reconstruct, and keep in good repair the sidewalk along their land; if a walk…

In the City of Plymouth, the owner or occupant of property next to a public sidewalk is responsible for keeping that…

Property owners and occupants adjoining a public sidewalk in Rochester must keep it clear of snow, ice, dirt and…

Repairing or replacing a public sidewalk in Saint Paul is not a do-it-yourself job: Legislative Code § 121.01 bars…

Eagan bans placing fences, goods, landscaping materials, cords or other objects, or selling merchandise, within a…

In the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, no one may obstruct or excavate a public right-of-way, including streets, alleys…

Anoka County's Right of Way Ordinance requires a permit before anyone obstructs a county road, boulevard, trail or…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 94.17 declares obstructions and excavations affecting public use of streets…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, no one may obstruct a public street or right-of-way with unauthorized items such as…

Brooklyn Park makes it a public nuisance to interfere with, obstruct, or render dangerous for passage any public…

Obstructing or excavating a Carver County right-of-way, including a public sidewalk, without first getting a permit is…

The City of Coon Rapids treats any post, retaining wall, rock, bush or other object placed in the public right-of-way…

In the City of Duluth, it is unlawful to obstruct any sidewalk, street, highway or alley with an object, material, or…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.34, Subdivision 1 makes it unlawful to place, deposit, display, or…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, blocking or tending to block passage on a public sidewalk, street, alley, or other…

Maple Grove orders unauthorized obstructions on streets and sidewalks removed on notice, and if the responsible party…

Minneapolis bars anyone from erecting structures or leaving boxes, lumber, barrels, carts, or similar items on any…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 845.010 declares it a public nuisance to obstruct a public…

Rochester makes it a misdemeanor to obstruct a sidewalk, street or other public thoroughfare, defined in Code § 9-1-3…

Saint Paul bars anyone from piling building materials, carts, boxes, lumber, firewood, posts, awnings or 'any other…

Placing any object in a Washington County road right-of-way, including public sidewalks and trails, so it hinders free…

Woodbury bans placing any structure, fence, goods or landscaping in the public right-of-way or road easement that…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, placing any obstruction or digging in a public right-of-way or on public…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, no one may obstruct or excavate a public right-of-way, including for private…

Hennepin County requires a right-of-way permit before anyone obstructs, works in, or places facilities within county…

City Code section 7-17-1 bars anyone but the City from disturbing land or placing improvements, materials, a structure…

Maple Grove City Code § 28-23 bars anyone from encumbering or obstructing a street, alley, lane, ditch, gutter…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), a person can use undeveloped public right-of-way, including…

In the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, placing a structure without a foundation in a public right-of-way easement requires…

Building or changing a driveway or field entrance onto a county road or county state aid highway in unincorporated Blue…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, placing any tangible object, such as a fence, retaining wall, planter or temporary…

In unincorporated Carver County, anyone who wants to obstruct or excavate a public right-of-way, which by definition…

In the City of Coon Rapids, no one may obstruct or excavate any public right-of-way, including boulevards and…

Anyone who wants to excavate, obstruct or place equipment in, on or above a public street, sidewalk, alley or highway…

City Code Section 6.03 requires a right-of-way permit from the City before anyone may temporarily or permanently…

Minneapolis requires a city engineer-issued encroachment permit before any structure, projection, or areaway extends…

Rochester requires a permit before anyone obstructs, excavates in, or encroaches on a public right-of-way, under Code §…

Building or maintaining anything that projects into a Saint Paul public right-of-way, retaining walls, areaways…

Anyone who wants to place a structure, signage, utility connection, or other private improvement in a Washington County…

Anyone who wants to excavate or obstruct a Woodbury public right-of-way, including the boulevard next to a sidewalk…