Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., except for Federal holidays and weather emergencies.

If you are unsure of your precinct location, check the Secretary of State Precinct Finder page. After a few questions to obtain your home address, it will provide the precinct number and location where you will go to vote as well as list which district elections within the state you are able to vote.

Dog licenses are handled at the front desk in the City Hall.  The cost for an Animal License is $10.00 for an annual license or $25.00 for a Lifetime License.  Annual licenses are required to be renewed each year on or before April 1.  Be sure to bring your vaccination records along with you when applying for an Animal License.

Please refer to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to answer all of your burning questions.

 95.038  OWNERS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRIMMING, REMOVAL AND THE LIKE.

All property owners shall be responsible for the removal, cutting or disposal and elimination of weeds, grasses and rank vegetation or other uncontrolled plant growth on their property, which at the time of notice, is in excess of 8 inches in height.

Penalty, see   10.99

WEEDS, GRASSES and RANK VEGETATION.  Includes but is not limited to the following:

(1)   Noxious weeds and rank vegetation shall include but not be limited to:  alum (allium), Buckthorn, Bur Cucumber, Canada Thistle, Corncockle, Cressleaf Groundsel, Curly Dock, Dodder, Field Bindweed, French Weed, Hairy Whitetop, Hedge Bindweed, Hoary Cress, Horsenettle, Johnsongrass, Leafy Spurge, Mile-A-Minute Weed, Musk Thistle, Oxeye Daisy, Perennial Sowthistle, Poison Hemlock, Purple Loosestrife, Quackgrass, Russian Knapweed, Russian Thistle, Serrated Tussock, Shatter Cane, Sorghum, Wild Carrot, Wild Garlic, Wild Mustard, Wild Onion, Wild Parsnip;

(2)   Grapevines when growing in groups of 100 or more and not pruned, sprayed, cultivated or otherwise maintained for 2 consecutive years;

(3)   Bushes of the species of tall, common or European barberry, further known as berberis vulgaris or its horticultural varieties;

(4)   Any weeds, grass or plants, other than trees, bushes, flowers or other ornamental plants, growing to a height exceeding 8 inches;

(5)   Rank vegetation includes the uncontrolled, uncultivated growth of annuals and perennial plants; and

(6)   The term WEEDS does not include shrubs, trees, cultivated plants or crops.

(B)  In no event shall cultivated plants or crops include plants which have been defined by state statute or administrative rule as being noxious or detrimental plants.

(Ordinance No. 694 amending various provisions of the City Code was adopted July 21, 2010.)

YEAR ROUND - Parking is prohibited in the Downtown Business District between the hours of 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. ALL YEAR.

The 2:00-7:00 a.m. NO PARKING areas include:

WINTER PARKING

SCHEDULE I:  RESTRICTED WINTER PARKING

(a) All persons parking vehicles on the streets or highways of the city must park vehicles according to the following system from December 1st through March 31st of each winter season.

(b) Persons must not park vehicles between 12:00 midnight and 7:00 a.m. on all streets except those designated as the congested district whereby parking is restricted year-round from 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.

(c) The City reserves the right to waive the above requirements during the Holiday season from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day.

(d) Penalty. Vehicles parked contrary to this section may be ticketed and towed under the guidelines in Minnesota Statute 168B.035.

(e) Recovery of stored vehicles. Before the owner or his agent is permitted to remove a vehicle from the place of storage, the owner must: a. Furnish satisfactory evidence to the person in charge of the storage area of his identity and ownership of the vehicle; b. Pay any storage charge to the person in charge of the storage area for the towing and storage of the vehicle; and c. Provide a valid driver’s license or permission for another licensed driver to drive the vehicle from the storage area.

Please contact City Hall with any questions or concerns.

Please click on the link below for information regarding voting Absentee.

http://www.co.stearns.mn.us/3959.htm

Stearns County Household Hazardous Waste site is located in Waite Park.   You may take your old paint etc. to the site during posted hours.  Stearns County also holds a Hazardous Waste Day in Sauk Centre on the second Wednesday of June from 9 to 1 in the Civic Arena Parking Lot.