Eagan runs the inverse of every other parking rule in this metro. There is no overnight ban, no snowfall trigger, and the restriction applies in the middle of the day. If you moved here from almost anywhere else in the Twin Cities, your instincts are wrong.
From November 15 through April 15, regardless of snow: between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., park on the side of the street matching the day. Even-numbered day, even-numbered side. Odd day, odd side. Between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. parking is allowed on both sides.
Read that again if you have lived in Fridley, Rosemount, Savage or Prior Lake, all of which ban overnight parking from 2 to 6 a.m. In Eagan the overnight hours are the free ones and the daytime hours are restricted. Vehicles in the wrong place may be ticketed or towed.
There is a cul-de-sac wrinkle: where every house number on the bulb shares the same parity, parking is only possible every other day during restricted hours.
Plowing starts when roughly two or more inches have fallen, typically beginning at 4 a.m., main roads first. Over 93 miles of boulevard trails and sidewalks are cleared by city crews after roadway operations finish — generally one to three days after a snowfall, longer after back-to-back storms.
Eagan publishes something no other city here does: cul-de-sac plowing petitions. Residents can request “Clear to Curb” or “Center Pile” treatment for their bulb, but it requires 100% household agreement, and a petition filed after September 1 does not take effect until the following winter. If your cul-de-sac is handled in a way you dislike, that is the mechanism — and it is a September job, not a January one.
Snow from your driveway goes on the boulevard, 12 to 15 feet behind the curb. Garbage containers go 3 feet behind the curb if covered, 8 feet if not.
Eagan replaces a mailbox only if the plow made direct contact, and only if the box met specification: at least 48 inches above street level, the forward bottom corner behind the back of the curb, and the post 10 inches behind the curb line. A box knocked over by the weight of thrown snow is not covered.
Eagan grew mostly in the 1980s and 1990s — from 20,700 people in 1980 to 63,557 by 2000 — driven by the Highway 77 river bridge in 1980 and I-35E in the mid-eighties. Median household income is about $108,700 with 67.7% owner-occupancy.
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