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🔊 Noise Ordinances
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Some RestrictionsWoodbury bars anyone from running a radio, stereo, CD or cassette player, CB radio, paging system, musical instrument or phonograph loudly enough to unreasonably disturb a neighbor's…
Decibel Limits
Some RestrictionsWoodbury has no decibel-meter standard; instead, City Code § 13-1(c)(2)a presumes a noise violation whenever electronic sound or audio equipment is plainly audible 50 feet away between…
Barking Dogs
Some RestrictionsWoodbury treats animal noise that unreasonably disturbs neighbors as a public nuisance under City Code Sec. 5-25(3), with specific timing thresholds: repeated barking heard off the…
Vehicle Noise
Some RestrictionsWoodbury holds both the driver and the vehicle's owner liable when a car stereo or audio system is plainly audible and disturbing under City Code § 13-1(c)(2)b, and separately requires…
Construction Hours
Some RestrictionsWoodbury bars construction, utility, street-project and exterior building work that creates noise between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. under City Code § 13-1(c)(5). The curfew covers new…
Leaf Blower Rules
Some RestrictionsWoodbury bars running gas- or air-compressor-powered yard tools, the category covering leaf blowers, between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. under City Code § 13-1(c)(5)b. Lawn mowers, hedge…
Aircraft Noise
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaAircraft noise in Minnesota is governed primarily by federal aviation rules, with state oversight through the Metropolitan Airports Commission and MnDOT airport zoning standards. Local…
🏊 Swimming Pools & Spas
Fencing & Safety Requirements
Some RestrictionsEvery private pool in Woodbury needs a fence or wall at least four feet high with no gaps over four inches, and any gate must self-close and self-latch. Above-ground pools with…
Pool Permits
Some RestrictionsWoodbury requires a building official permit before anyone constructs, alters or repairs a private swimming pool, backed by a fence agreement and full plans. The city can revoke the…
💼 Home Business
Zoning & Home Occupation Permits
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury allows home businesses in residential zones only if run entirely inside the dwelling with no exterior signs, storage, or customer-visible activity, capped at one room or 25%…
Home Daycare
Some RestrictionsWoodbury allows a licensed home-based daycare serving 12 or fewer children as a permitted accessory use in every residential zoning district, no special city approval needed beyond the…
Customer Traffic Restrictions
Some RestrictionsWoodbury caps home-business customer visits at five vehicle trips per day and limits deliveries or pick-ups to two trips daily under City Code § 24-263(c). Customers may only visit…
Signage Rules
Heavy RestrictionsWoodbury flatly prohibits exterior signs advertising a home business: City Code § 24-263(b)(8) bans any sign identifying the business, and § 18.5-44(4) separately lists 'home…
Cottage Food Operations
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota Statutes section 28A.152 establishes the statewide cottage food exemption, allowing home producers to sell certain non-potentially-hazardous foods directly to consumers after…
Home Kitchen Operations
Significant RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
🐔 Animal Ordinances
Pet Limits
Some RestrictionsWoodbury allows up to three domesticated pets per property under City Code Sec. 5-17, with no limit on aquarium fish. A fourth pet turns the property into a "kennel," which is…
Beekeeping
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury classifies bees as livestock, not a domesticated pet, under City Code Sec. 5-16. Sec. 5-17 confines livestock-keeping, bees included, to properties zoned agricultural of at…
Exotic Pets
Heavy RestrictionsWoodbury bans keeping non-domestic animals within city limits entirely. City Code Sec. 5-50 prohibits owning, caring for, or having custody of any wild or inherently dangerous animal…
Chickens & Livestock
Some RestrictionsWoodbury allows up to six chicken-hens on lots of 3.99 acres or less, and two per acre on larger lots, in the R-1 and R-2 districts under City Code § 5-17. Other livestock needs at…
Dog Leash Laws
Some RestrictionsWoodbury bans letting any animal run at large beyond its owner's property or on public streets and sidewalks under City Code Sec. 5-23. "At large" is defined in Sec. 5-16 as off the…
Wildlife Feeding
Some RestrictionsWashington CountyChapter V, Section 2(b) of Washington County's Parks Ordinance No. 218 makes it unlawful to feed any wildlife or feral animals in a county park, covering deer, geese, raccoons and…
Coyote Management
Significant RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County's Parks Ordinance No. 218, Chapter V, Section 2 gives the Parks Director discretionary authority to initiate wildlife population management techniques, such as culls…
Bird Protection
Significant RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County's park ordinance (No. 218, Chapter V, Section 2) makes it unlawful to kill, trap, hunt, harass or disturb any species of wildlife, including birds, in a county park…
🚗 Parking Rules
Loading Zones
Some RestrictionsCommercial loading and unloading in Woodbury must happen in berths set back from residential districts and street intersections, and any resulting noise audible in a residential…
Driveway Rules
Some RestrictionsWoodbury requires a hard driveway surface for most homes: R-4 platted residential areas need concrete, pavers, or a bituminous surface, while other single-family residential driveways…
Street Parking Limits
Some RestrictionsWoodbury bars stopping, standing or parking a vehicle in 17 specific situations, including on a sidewalk, in front of a driveway, within an intersection, within ten feet of a fire…
RV & Boat Parking
Some RestrictionsWoodbury allows one piece of recreational equipment, up to 24 feet long, per dwelling unit to be parked outdoors on a home's concrete or blacktop surface, kept off public streets, and…
Abandoned Vehicles
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury outlaws keeping a wrecked, junked, dismantled or nonoperating vehicle on private property for more than 72 hours, and caps on-street parking of any vehicle at 72 hours unless…
Snow Removal Parking Rules
Some RestrictionsWoodbury bans parking on any street between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. from November 1 through April 1, and anytime after a 2-inch or greater snowfall until plowing is complete. Vehicles…
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury prohibits parking or storing a long list of heavy and commercial vehicles in residential zoning districts, including trailers over 3,000 pounds GVW, box trucks and tow…
Towing & Impound Rights
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
🔥 Fire Regulations
Outdoor Burning
Significant RestrictionsOpen burning in Woodbury is banned unless the DNR's authorized agent issues a written brush fire permit, applied for at least 24 hours ahead, subject to a site inspection, and capped…
Fire Pits & Backyard Fires
Some RestrictionsWoodbury allows backyard recreational fires without a permit only between 8:00 a.m. and midnight, capped at three feet in diameter and two feet high, set at least five feet from…
Smoke Detectors
Some RestrictionsNew dwellings in Woodbury must have a smoke detector on every level of the home, on top of whatever the Minnesota State Building Code already mandates. City Code section 6-23 layers…
Fireworks
Significant RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County bans possessing, setting off or attempting to ignite firecrackers, fireworks, smoke bombs, rockets, black powder guns or other pyrotechnics anywhere in a county park…
Wildfire Zones
Heavy RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota DNR designates statewide and regional wildfire restriction zones during elevated fire danger, suspending all burning permits. Restrictions apply uniformly within designated…
🧱 Fence Regulations
Retaining Walls
Some RestrictionsWoodbury exempts a retaining wall built under a valid building permit from the separate land disturbance permit only while its unsupported height stays five feet or less; taller walls…
Fence Permit Requirements
Light RestrictionsWoodbury's fence article does not set up a general fence permit system. The one permit it requires is a special use permit for the taller eight-foot barbed-wire security-arm fences…
Height Limits
Some RestrictionsWoodbury caps residential fences at six feet on rear and side lot lines, only four feet forward of the front corner of the house, and 30 inches across a platted front yard. A rear-yard…
Material Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsBarbed wire and electric fencing are outlawed in Woodbury's platted areas under City Code section 6-145. Commercial, office, business park, and city center zones must also stick to…
Neighbor Fence Rules
Light RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County lets property owners in its overlay districts build a fence right along the property line, but only if it does no physical damage to the neighboring property and…
🏗️ Accessory Structures
Shed & Carport Rules
Some RestrictionsA backyard shed in Woodbury is an 'accessory building' under City Code § 24-281(a): it must sit at least five feet from side and rear lot lines, stay under 12 feet of wall height and…
ADU Owner Occupancy
Significant RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County requires the primary structure containing an accessory apartment to be owner-occupied. Development Code Section 2.1(3)(B) states plainly that 'the structure in which…
Garage Conversions
Heavy RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County's Development Code flatly bans converting a garage into living space. Section 1.1(11) of Chapter Two prohibits using a cellar, garage, recreational vehicle, trailer…
ADU Rules
Significant RestrictionsWashington CountyAn accessory apartment in unincorporated Washington County needs a Certificate of Compliance in the Shoreland Management Overlay District, is capped at one per single-family dwelling…
Tiny Homes
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota'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…
🌿 Landscaping Rules
Weed Ordinances
Some RestrictionsWoodbury caps weeds and grass at eight inches tall under City Code's 'eight-inch standard,' enforced zone by zone: R-1 lots must meet it within 20 feet of the dwelling, and noxious…
Tree Removal & Heritage Trees
Some RestrictionsWoodbury lets owners of undeveloped land clear up to 30 percent of their trees with 14 days' notice, but building a permit for new development, or removing more trees, triggers City…
Composting
Light RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County lets residents run a backyard compost pile without a county license, but caps its size at ten cubic yards. Ordinance No. 202 exempts Backyard Compost Sites from the…
Rainwater Harvesting
Few RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota does not restrict collecting rainwater in barrels for gardens and landscaping, but plumbed nonpotable rainwater catchment systems that supply fixtures, water features, or…
🚷 Public Conduct
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury bars any tobacco product within 100 feet of a beach, athletic field or playground inside city parks and open spaces, and bans tobacco outright on the grounds of Central Park…
Loud Party Ordinance
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury outlaws noisy parties and gatherings that unreasonably disturb neighbors, presuming a violation under City Code § 13-1(c)(6) when gathering noise is plainly audible 50 feet…
Skateboarding Rules
Some RestrictionsWoodbury bans riding a skateboard or similar self-propelled wheeled device on private property without permission, being towed by a vehicle or bicycle, riding carelessly, breaking…
Public Marijuana Use
Heavy RestrictionsWoodbury bans smoking cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles and hemp-derived consumer products anywhere in the city that counts as a "public place," with…
Public Alcohol Use
Some RestrictionsWoodbury bans open containers of alcohol on streets, highways, in vehicles, and in liquor-licensed parking lots under City Code Sec. 4-12(b). A separate parks rule, Sec. 16-59, bars…
Loitering Rules
Some RestrictionsWoodbury's disorderly conduct ordinance makes it a crime to congregate on a public street, highway or other public place in a way that blocks access to a building or free passage, and…
🏪 Business Licensing & Operations
Adult Entertainment
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury confines principal adult uses to the FD-3 freeway special impact district under a special use permit, keeping them 1,000 feet from other adult uses, residential districts…
Massage Establishments
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury requires both a massage therapy business license and an individual massage therapist license, with 500 hours of accredited training, $300,000 liability coverage, and a 10:00…
Auto Repair on Residential Property
Heavy RestrictionsRunning an auto repair shop out of a Woodbury home is flatly illegal: City Code § 24-263(e)(3) lists 'Repair shop of any kind' among the home businesses the city prohibits outright…
Tattoo & Body Modification
Heavy RestrictionsWoodbury will not license a tattoo or body-piercing operation inside a residential dwelling: City Code § 24-263(e)(7) lists 'beauty salons, barber shops, nail, tattoo and body…
Secondhand Dealers
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury licenses precious metal dealers, those buying secondhand items containing gold, silver, or platinum, through the police department, requiring daily reports on jewelry and…
Pawnbrokers
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury requires a police-issued pawnbroker license, a $1,500 investigation deposit, daily photograph or video ID of every seller, a 30-day resale hold, and set hours of 7:00 a.m. to…
Towing Companies
Some RestrictionsWoodbury contracts with private towing companies rather than running its own impound lot. City Code § 15-32 requires the contracted towing company to take immediate possession of…
Tobacco Retail License
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury requires every retailer selling tobacco, tobacco products, or nicotine or lobelia delivery devices, including e-cigarettes, to hold a city clerk-issued license under City Code…
🛴 Mobility & Curb Rules
Bike Lane Rules
Some RestrictionsCyclists riding on a laned Woodbury roadway must stay within a single lane and may not ride more than two abreast or impede traffic flow, under City Code § 14-42(b). Motorized bicycles…
E-Bike Classes
Light RestrictionsWoodbury's traffic code adopts the state definition of an electric-assisted bicycle rather than writing its own class system, then treats e-bikes the same as ordinary bicycles wherever…
Golf Carts & Low-Speed Vehicles
Light RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
🗑️ Trash & Recycling
Collection Schedule
Some RestrictionsWoodbury restricts residential solid waste pickup to 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, on the day assigned to each resident's daily hauling district. Sec. 19-8 requires weekly…
Bin Placement Rules
Some RestrictionsWoodbury requires trash and recycling carts to stay out of public view except on collection day. In platted residential areas, carts may go to the curb only after 6:00 p.m. the evening…
Bulk Item Disposal
Some RestrictionsWoodbury classifies oversized items like furniture, mattresses and scrap wood as 'bulky waste' handled through a 'special pickup' arranged directly with a licensed hauler. Sec. 19-8(b)…
Yard Waste Collection
Some RestrictionsWoodbury bans putting yard waste into the regular garbage stream. Sec. 19-3(e) requires residents to haul it to a county compost site themselves, contract a licensed hauler to do so…
Recycling Requirements
Some RestrictionsWoodbury requires every single-family, attached and multi-family household to separate targeted recyclables from the trash for curbside pickup. Sec. 19-3(h) fines residents who refuse…
Illegal Dumping
Significant RestrictionsDumping garbage, refuse, recyclables, yard waste, HHW or major appliances on any Woodbury street, alley, park or private lot is unlawful under Sec. 19-4. Violators pay the fine set in…
Pickup Rules & Schedules
Some RestrictionsWashington CountyOnly a hauler holding a valid Washington County Operating License, backed by a Base License from its home county, may collect or transport household garbage generated in Washington…
🔑 Rental Property Rules
Repairs & Habitability
Some RestrictionsWoodbury's Housing and Property Maintenance Code sets specific habitability rules for rentals: heat must run September 1 through May 31, window screens April 1 through October 31, and…
Rental Registration
Significant RestrictionsNo one may let a residential building as a rental in Woodbury without a city license under City Code section 6-208. Licenses come in multiple-dwelling and single-dwelling types, run…
Eviction Notice & Process
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaSince 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…
Landlord Entry & Notice
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaUnder 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…
Late Fees & Grace Periods
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaMinn. 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…
Lease Termination & Notice to Vacate
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaUnder 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…
Rent Control
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Rent Increase Notice
Few RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Security Deposit Rules
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Squatter's Rights & Adverse Possession
Heavy RestrictionsMinnesotaMinn. 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…
🔧 Building Safety
Building Permits
Some RestrictionsWoodbury requires a building permit for construction, additions and alterations under the Minnesota State Building Code, with fees set by the value of the work. Minor repairs under…
Plumbing Permits
Some RestrictionsWoodbury requires a permit from the building official before any plumbing, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water service or fire-extinguishing system work begins, with all work following…
Electrical Permits
Some RestrictionsWoodbury bars anyone from erecting, constructing, altering or changing an electrical system without first securing an electrical permit and paying the council-set fee under Sec. 6-38…
🏚️ Property Maintenance
Property Blight
Some RestrictionsWoodbury enforces blight and property deterioration through its Housing and Property Maintenance Code, which adopts the 2006 ICC International Property Maintenance Code by reference…
Snow & Sidewalk Clearing
Some RestrictionsWoodbury requires property owners to clear snow, ice and rubbish from the public sidewalk in front of their property within 12 hours after it stops accumulating. Uncleared walks are a…
🪧 Sign Regulations
Window Signs
Some RestrictionsWoodbury caps window signs at 30 percent of a building's total window area, with a hard ceiling of 80 square feet per street frontage. The rule applies inside nonresidential zoning…
Digital Billboards
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury permits electronic display and reader board signs only within the sign area already allowed for freestanding or wall signs, capping brightness, banning scrolling or flashing…
Garage Sale Signs
Some RestrictionsWoodbury lets garage and yard sale hosts skip a sign permit but caps them at four signs total: three off-site and one on-site, each 6 square feet and 4 feet tall. Signs must sit at…
Holiday Displays
Few RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County's outdoor lighting standards do not apply to temporary lighting used during customary holiday seasons. The Development Code carves out this exemption alongside…
Freeway-Facing Signs
Some RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County prohibits nearly all signs, other than public utility warning signs, on county property or within a major highway or county road right-of-way. Illuminated signs must…
Political Signs
Few RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
🌙 Curfew Laws
Park Curfew
Some RestrictionsWoodbury closes its parks, trails and other public sites nightly. Under City Code Sec. 16-40(b), the system is open only from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and staying past closing without…
Juvenile Curfew
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury bars juveniles under 15 from public places between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on school nights and 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Juveniles 15 and 16 face an 11 p.m…
🌍 Environmental Rules
Erosion Control
Some RestrictionsEvery site under active land disturbance in Woodbury must install and maintain erosion and sediment controls under City Code Sec. 7-14, with a 24-hour deadline to clear sediment…
Stormwater Management
Some RestrictionsWoodbury bars developing or redeveloping land for residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional use without stormwater controls that manage runoff. City Code Sec. 27-27…
Flood Elevation Requirements
Some RestrictionsWoodbury requires one foot of freeboard above the regional (100-year) flood elevation. City Code Sec. 25-6 sets the regulatory flood protection elevation at that level, and Sec. 25-20…
Flood Zones
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury's floodplain chapter applies to any land the official zoning map shows inside a floodway or flood fringe district under FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Map panels for Washington…
Coastal Development
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaDevelopment 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…
🎪 Special Events & Permits
Parade Permits
Some RestrictionsNo one may organize or take part in a parade in Woodbury without a permit from the chief of police. Applications go in 14 to 30 days ahead, and the chief can deny, revoke or reroute a…
Park Event Permits
Some RestrictionsWoodbury requires a parks and recreation department permit for exclusive use of park buildings, fields or facilities, and for any cultural, educational, political, religious or…
💧 Water Use Rules
Leak Reporting Duty
Some RestrictionsWoodbury property owners who spot a leak in their water service line must tell city offices within 24 hours. Wasted water from a late report gets estimated by the finance director and…
Recycled Water Rules
Some RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County treats graywater reuse as a Type III onsite sewage system under Development Code Chapter Four, Section 19.5. Adopted as County Ordinance No. 206 and enforced by the…
☀️ Solar Energy
Panel Permits
Some RestrictionsWoodbury requires a building permit, and an interim conditional use permit for any deviation, before installing a solar energy system. City Code Sec. 24-406 sets a 15-foot height cap…
HOA Restrictions
Few RestrictionsMinnesotaMinn. 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…
🍔 Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors
📐 Building Setbacks & Zoning
Structure Height Limits
Some RestrictionsWoodbury caps residential building height at three stories or 40 feet in the R-4 urban residential district, 40 feet in the R-2 single-family estate district, and two and one-half…
Setback Rules
Some RestrictionsWoodbury sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks that vary by residential zoning district. The R-4 urban residential district requires 35 feet front and rear, 50 feet along a…
Lot Coverage Limits
Some RestrictionsWoodbury limits building coverage on residential lots to 35 percent in the R-1 urban reserve, R-2 single-family estate and R-4 urban residential districts. The city's zoning…
🌱 Cannabis Regulations
Buffer Zones
Significant RestrictionsWoodbury bars a cannabis business from locating within 1,000 feet of a school, 500 feet of a residential treatment facility, or 500 feet of a park attraction meant for minors…
Dispensary Zoning
Some RestrictionsWoodbury bars cannabis and hemp businesses from locating within 1,000 feet of a school, 500 feet of a residential treatment facility, or 500 feet of a park attraction used by minors…
Home Cultivation
Few RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
🚶 Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules
Obstruction Rules
Some RestrictionsWoodbury bans placing any structure, fence, goods or landscaping in the public right-of-way or road easement that carries its sidewalks, including anything creating a sight…
Encroachment Permits
Some RestrictionsAnyone who wants to excavate or obstruct a Woodbury public right-of-way, including the boulevard next to a sidewalk, needs an excavation or obstruction permit first. The city also…
🚜 Right to Farm
Agricultural Zoning Protection
Some RestrictionsFarmland already in agricultural use as of April 14, 1971 keeps its status as a permitted use in Woodbury under City Code § 24-301(a), shielding it from most zoning changes unless the…
Farm Nuisance Protection
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota'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…
💡 Outdoor Lighting
Dark Sky Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Woodbury, single-family residential outdoor lights that aren't properly aimed are a code violation. City Code Sec. 24-236(c) requires all residential lighting to direct downward at…
Light Trespass & Shielding
Some RestrictionsIn Woodbury, nonresidential and licensed multi-family properties can't cast more than one footcandle of light onto a public street centerline or a residential property line. City Code…
Billboard Lighting
Some RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County treats billboard illumination as an 'outdoor light fixture' under its Development Code, meaning billboard lights are subject to the same shielding, intensity and…
🚪 Soliciting & Door-to-Door
No-Knock Registry
Some RestrictionsWoodbury lets residents bar solicitors outright by posting a placard reading "no peddlers, solicitors or transient merchants." Once posted, no registered solicitor, peddler, or…
Solicitor Permits
Some RestrictionsWoodbury requires anyone going door-to-door to sell goods or services to register with the public safety department at least ten business days ahead under City Code Sec. 11-48, though…
🏘️ HOA Rules
CC&R Enforcement
Some RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County requires every homeowners' association created for an Open Space Development to name, in its recorded CC&Rs, exactly who enforces the restrictions on the shared land…
Board Governance
Some RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County requires an Open Space Development's Homeowners' Association to be formally established whenever the association will own the project's shared open space, with…
Dispute Resolution
Some RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County requires every Open Space Development homeowners' association agreement to spell out a mechanism for resolving disputes among the owners or association members before…
Assessment & Dues
Some RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County requires an Open Space Development's homeowners' association documents to spell out a mechanism to assess and enforce common expenses, covering upkeep, maintenance…
Board Procedures
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaThe 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…
Flag Display Rights
Few RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota Statutes section 500.215 makes void and unenforceable any deed restriction, restrictive covenant, homeowners association document, lease term, contract, or even a local…
HOA Fines & Enforcement
Significant RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Lien & Foreclosure Limits
Significant RestrictionsMinnesotaA 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…
Rental Restriction Limits
Significant RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
🚁 Drone Rules
Park Drone Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsWashington CountyWashington County Ordinance No. 218, Chapter IV, Section 5 bans using any county park or conservation area as a starting or landing field for aircraft, hot air balloons, hang gliders…
Recreational Drones
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota Statutes Chapter 360 classifies unmanned aircraft as aircraft subject to FAA regulation and state aeronautics rules. The Department of Transportation Office of Aeronautics…
🔫 Firearms
Concealed Carry
Heavy RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Local Firearms Preemption
Heavy RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota statute 471.633 broadly preempts local firearms regulation, reserving authority over the lawful sale, transfer, possession, carrying, transportation, storage, and use of…
Open Carry
Heavy RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Firearms in Vehicles
Heavy RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
🎰 Gambling & Gaming
Charitable Bingo and Raffles
Significant RestrictionsMinnesotaNonprofit, fraternal, veterans', and religious organizations need a license from the Gambling Control Board before running bingo, raffles, paddlewheels, tipboards, or pull-tabs. Minn…
Social Gambling Rules
Few RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota'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…
Sports Betting Law
Heavy RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
⚖️ Know Your Rights
DUI Checkpoint Legality
Few RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Recording Police
Few RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Stop & Identify Laws
Light RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Vehicle Search & Consent
Light RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
🚬 Tobacco & Vaping
Tobacco Age Restrictions
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Flavored Tobacco Bans
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
🚗 Vehicle Equipment Laws
Underglow & Auxiliary Lighting
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Dash Cam & Windshield Mounting
Some RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Lane Splitting & Filtering
Light RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Plate Covers & Obstruction
Significant RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Radar Detector Rules
Light RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Studded Tire & Chain Rules
Heavy RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…
Window Tint Limits
Significant RestrictionsMinnesotaMinnesota 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…