When you’re ready to build a fence on your property, the city and Minnesota believe that it’s up to you to know where you can and can’t place it. For example, you can’t place it on an easement for a public utility, and fences facing the front of a home can’t be taller than three feet. You can use the Northland Fence planning tool to determine you can place your fence.

Legally, you don’t need to notify your Shakopee neighbor. However, it doesn’t hurt to let your neighbors know about the upcoming work. You’d want to know if it were your neighbor building the fence.

Yes, you need a permit to build any fence in Shakopee other than a garden fence. A garden fence is a smaller fence, no taller than three feet, that you can easily remove and protects a garden from animals. You’ll need to submit a certificate of survey along with a design and material for the proposed fence with your application.

When you’re in charge of building a fence or erecting your own, you must call the local utility companies to find out the location of any underground cables or pipes. Northland Fence always finds the utilities before we start building your fence.

In Shakopee, MN, you can’t build a fence that exceeds 6.5 tall. If you want to build a fence that exceeds this height, you’ll need to apply for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP), but there isn’t guaranteed approval.

If the area of easement is owned and utilized by a public utility, you can’t build a fence on it in Shakopee. You should also carefully consider building on any easement because if the city or other utility company needs access to the area, they might tear up your fence.