Apple Valley's parking rule is tied to the plow rather than to the clock or the snow gauge, which makes it the simplest rule in the metro to state and one of the harder ones to plan around.
City Code § 71.18, Parking in Snow Conditions: no owner or driver may park or permit a vehicle to remain on any city street during any time that snow plowing or snow removal operations are in progress. Violation is a petty misdemeanor. There are no hours in the ordinance, no date range and no depth.
In practice that means the binding question is not what time it is or how much fell, but whether a truck is out. If you park on the street in Apple Valley, the answer worth knowing on a snowy morning is whether plows are running — not whether it is past 6 a.m.
This site does not state whether Apple Valley also runs a separate blanket overnight ban. Section 71.18 contains none, but the city's general parking-regulations page was not retrievable, so the question is genuinely open. Confirm with the city before assuming either way.
City Code § 96.03 puts public sidewalks on the owner or occupant of the adjacent property, to be cleared within 48 hours after the snow or ice has been deposited. Violation is a petty misdemeanor. The city also publishes that placing snow within a public street or walkway violates ordinance, creating a hazard for vehicles and pedestrians.
Apple Valley was farmland into the 1950s and grew through the 1970s and 1980s — 8,502 people in 1970 to 34,598 by 1990 — largely built by Orrin Thompson near County Road 42 and Cedar Avenue. Since 1990 the city has, in its own words, virtually exhausted its buildable land. Median household income is about $97,700 with 73.4% owner-occupancy.
Address, driveway size, sidewalk frontage and whether it is a corner. Four facts and the quote stops being a range. What moves the number in Apple Valley.
Call (612) 712-4640 Get a Seasonal Quote
Twin Cities