Regulations and Licensing

Understand the basic concepts in licensing such as city authority, constitutional issues, preemption and limitation and fees.

Understand the city’s role in operating a municipal liquor store.

Understand how state laws affect a city’s ability to prohibit guns on city property.

Learn about the tools available to cities under state law to remedy unhealthy and dangerous properties.

Learn what gambling is allowed in Minnesota, like pull-tabs and raffles, and which organizations may conduct them.

Outlines requirements to regulate the collection and disposal of solid waste and the roles of state and county oversight.

Outlines legal developments surrounding unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones.

Describes how cities may control pets, farm animals, exotic animals, and newly popular hobbies of keeping bees or chickens.

Describes possible ways cities can regulate peddlers, solicitors, and transient merchants.

City authority to regulate various activities city comes from state law. Learn about activities cities most commonly regulate and license.