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

Describes how cities may control pets, 农场动物, 奇异的动物, 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.

Learn about regulating all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), 高尔夫球车, 随着, motorized foot scooters, 袖珍自行车, mini-motorcycles, motorized bicycles, and electric-assisted bicycles.