Brown County of Minnesota

Planning and Zoning Office

• Zoning Ordinance (PDF)
• Subdivision Ordinance (PDF)

Ordinances by Number and Name

• 2022-04 Ordinance Adopting the 2022-3 Brown County Fee Schedule (PDF)
• 2022-02 Ordinance Regulating the use of the Lake Hanska Park Campground (PDF)
• 2022-01 2022 Brown County Fee Schedule (PDF)
• 2020-01 Ordinance Relating To The Sale Of Tobacco, Tobacco-Related Devices, Electronic Delivery Devices, And Nicotine Or Lobelia Delivery Products (PDF)
• 2019-01 Ordinance for Providing for the Regulation of Food and Beverage Establishments (PDF)
• 2017 Public Health Nuisance Ordinance in Brown &  Nicollet County by and thru the Brown-Nicollet Community Health Board (PDF)
• 2014-04 Ordinance Providing for the Regulation of Lodging Establishments, Boarding Establishments, Hotels, Motels and Resorts (PDF)
• 2014-03 Providing for the Regulation of Public Swimming Pools (PDF)
• 2014-02 Providing for the Regulation of Manufactured Home Parks, Recreational Camping Areas, and Youth Camps (PDF)
• 2014-01 Ordinance Providing for the Regulation of Licensing and Inspection of Food and Beverage Establishments (PDF)
• 2013-01 Burning Ordinance (PDF)
• 2010-05 Repealed the Brown County Ordinance for Body Art Parlors (to include tattooing and piercing) of 10-24-00 (PDF)
• 2009-02 An Ordinance for Regulation of Parking on County-owned Property (PDF)
  
• 2009-01 An Ordinance Regulating the Use of Parks Under the Jurisdiction of the Brown County Board of Commissioners (PDF)
• 2007-01 Brown County Animal Ordinance (PDF)
• 2002-01 Brown County Adult Use Ordinance (PDF)
• 1997-01 Ordinance Authorizing the Brown County Board to Abate Prohibited and Non-Conforming Individual Sewage Treatment Systems and Establish a Loan Fund for Said Abatement (PDF)
• 1996-01 Evacuation of “On Sale” Establishments Selling Intoxicating Liquor or Non-Intoxicating Malt Liquor After the Legal Time for Making Licensed Sales (PDF)
• 1994-01 An Ordinance Regulating Open Burning in Unincorporated Areas of Brown County (PDF)
• 1993-04 Ordinance Regulating the Surface Use of Clear Lake, Lake Hanska, Sleepy Eye Lake, and Wellner/Hageman Reservoir (PDF)
• 1993-03 Ordinance Regulating Large Assemblies in Brown County (PDF)
• 1991-06 Ordinance Regulating Collection and Processing Waste Tires (PDF)
• 1991-05 An Ordinance Prohibiting Skateboarding at the Brown County Community Services Building and Adjoining Property Located at 1117 Center Street, New Ulm, MN (PDF)
• 1991-04 An Ordinance Prohibiting Unauthorized Collection of Recyclable Materials (PDF)
• 1991-03 An Ordinance Establishing and Regulating Solid Waste Management Within Brown County, MN (PDF)
• 1991-02 Ordinance Adopting the Brown County Land Use Plan (PDF)
• 1987-02 An Ordinance Prohibiting Trespassing and Providing a Criminal Penalty (PDF)
• 1987-01 Ordinance Establishing Requirements to Move Manufactured Homes (PDF)

Amendments/Revisions to Ordinances

• Amendment addressing earthen basins or open topped pits in hog Feedlots (See P & Z Ord.)
• Amendments referred to Planning Commission (Refer to Planning Comm. & P & Z Ord.)
• Amendments addressing Floodplain terms and terminology, Conditional Use Language in the Floodplain section of the Zoning Ordinance as required by MN DNR and FEMA.
• Revisions to BC Zoning Ordinance required by the MPCA and Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) for Water Conservation Act (WCA revisions)

Previous Ordinances No Longer in Effect

• 2015-01 Ordinance Relating to the Sale, Possession, and use of Tobacco, Tobacco-Related Devices, Electronic Delivery Devices, and Nicotine or Lobelia Delivery Products (see 2020-01)
• 2014-01 Ordinance Providing for the Regulation of Licensing and Inspection of Food and Beverage Establishments (See 2019-01)
• 2010-04 Ordinance Providing for the Regulation of Lodging Establishments (See 2014-04)
• 2010-03 Ordinance Providing for the Regulation of Public Swimming Pools (See 2014-03)
• 2010-02 Ordinance Providing for the Regulation of Lodging Establishments, Boarding Establishments, Hotels, Motels and Resorts (see 2014-04)
• 2010-01 Ordinance Providing for the Regulation of Licensing and Inspection of Food and Beverage Establishments (see 2014-01)
• 2004-01 Cleanup of Clandestine Drug Lab Sites Ordinance (See 2017-01)
• 2003-01 Ordinance Providing for the Regulation of Lodging Establishments, Boarding Establishments, Hotels, Motels and Resorts (see 2014-04)
• 2000-01 Ordinance for Body Art Parlors (To Include Tattooing and Piercing) (see 2010-05)
• 1999-01 Ordinance Providing for the Regulation of Licensing and Inspection of Food and Beverage Establishments (see 2014-01)
• 1998-01 Adoption of State Mandated Tobacco Ordinance (see 2015-01)
• 1993-02 Brown County Ordinance for the Regulation of Public Swimming Pools (see 2014-03)
• 1993-01 Brown Co. Ordinance Providing for Abatement of Public Health Nuisance in Brown & Nicollet County by and thru the Brown-Nicollet Community Health Services (see 2017-01)1992-01 An Ordinance Regulating Open Burning in Unincorportated Areas of Brown County (see 2013-01)
• 1991-01 An Ordinance Regulating the Use of Parks Under the Jurisdiction of the Brown County Board of Commissioners (see 2009-01)