Definitions beginning with A.
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 565.20
in effect565.20. - Definitions beginning with A.
Affordable housing. Residential housing affordable to and occupied by households earning a percentage of the area median household income as specified in the Unified Housing Policy.
Alley. A service roadway within a right-of-way providing a secondary means of motor vehicle access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.
Alternative financial establishment. A person, firm, association, corporation or partnership engaged in the business or service of check-cashing or making loans to be repaid in one (1) lump sum or in installments over a set period of time, either collateralized or not, for which there is a fee or service charge, or interest received, including but not limited to loans collateralized by personal check, payroll check, wage assignment or personal property title, or collateralized with the promise to relinquish possession of any personal property upon default. Alternative financial establishment includes but is not limited to consumer small loan lenders, currency exchanges, industrial loan and thrifts, and regulated loan companies, as defined and licensed by the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Alternative financial establishment does not include federal or state chartered banks, credit unions, or savings banks, nor does it include a person, firm, association, corporation or partnership that provides the service of cashing checks, drafts, money orders, or travelers' checks for a fee, incidental to the person's primary business and the charge for cashing a check or draft does not exceed one dollar ($1.00) or one (1) percent of the value of the check or draft, whichever is greater. An alternative financial establishment shall not include any use which could be defined as a pawnshop.
Ammunition. Cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or propellant powder designed for use in any firearm.
Amphitheater. An outdoor venue used for music, entertainment, performances, and similar public assembly events.
Animal boarding. A facility or service where animals are kept or maintained (day or overnight), for the care, training, exercising, and/or socializing by a person other than the owner of the animals for a fee. Animal boarding may include incidental grooming, dog walkers or training services. Animal boarding does not include facilities that provide breeding of animals, selling of animals, or facilities whose primary source of revenue is licensed veterinarian services.
Animal shelter. A facility that houses homeless, lost, or abandoned animals or provides temporary boarding services for domestic animals.
Antique firearm. Any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898.
Antiques and collectibles store. An establishment where used property or cultural or collectible objects such as stamps, coins, sports memorabilia, and art works are sold for collective purposes, where all or a substantial part of the value of the property is derived from its age, uniqueness or historical association.
Apiary. The assembly of one (1) or more colonies of honeybees at a single location.
Aquaculture. The cultivation, maintenance, and harvesting of aquatic species.
Aquaponics. The combination of aquaculture and hydroponics to grow food or ornamental crops and aquatic species together in a recirculating system without any discharge or exchange of water.
Arbor. A landscape structure consisting of an open frame with horizontal and/or vertical latticework often used as a support for climbing food or ornamental crops. An arbor may be freestanding or attached to another structure.
Assisted living. A facility registered with the Minnesota Department of Health (DOH) where individualized home care aide services or home management services are provided to residents either by the management or by providers under contract with the management.
Automobile repair, major. An establishment engaged in performing repairs to, and the servicing of, passenger automobiles, where gasoline or other automobile engine fuel (store only in underground tanks), motor oil, lubricants, grease and minor accessories may be sold. Major repair may include all activities or repair or servicing of automobiles allowed in a minor automobile repair establishment, and rebuilding or reconditioning of passenger automobiles, body, frame or fender straightening, replacement or repair, painting or rust-proofing, or other similar repair or servicing of automobiles. Such work excludes commercial wrecking or dismantling, scrap/salvage yards, tire recapping and truck-tractor repair. In addition, household and convenience items, food or other miscellaneous retail goods commonly associated with the same also may be sold.
Automobile repair, minor. An establishment engaged in performing repairs to, and the servicing of, passenger automobiles, where gasoline or other automobile engine fuel (stored only in underground tanks), motor oil, lubricants, grease, and minor accessories may be sold. Minor repair may include muffler replacement, oil changing and lubrication, tire repair and replacement except tire recapping, wheel alignment, brake repair, suspension repair, engine repair and replacement, transmission repair and replacement, flushing of radiators, servicing of air conditioners, audio installation, detailing, and other activities of repair or servicing of automobiles, except rebuilding or reconditioning of passenger automobiles, body, frame or fender straightening, replacement or repair, painting or rustproofing. In addition, household and convenience items, food or other miscellaneous retail goods commonly associated with the same also may be sold.
Awning. A roof-like cover, often constructed of fabric, plastic, vinyl, metal or glass, designed and intended for protection from the elements or as a decorative embellishment, and which projects from a wall of a structure.
Source: City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Park and Recreation Board Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=MICOOR_TIT20ZOCO_CH565DE_565.20DEBEAFetched: 11/2/2026