•  Block Party
•  Garage Sales
•  Meeting Rooms
•  Neighborhood Associations
•  Neighborhood Watch Block Captains
•  Posting Signs

Block party
Block parties require a street closure permit (no fee for permit). You should apply for the permit one to two weeks before the party.

If your application is approved, you will be able to pick up orange traffic cones to block off your street. Cones must be reserved at least one week before the street closure. If you pick up the cones, there is a refundable deposit fee of $10 per cone. You also have the option of having the cones delivered and picked up for a $40, non-refundable fee. Cones are available from the Municipal Service Center, 7305 Oxford St., which is open Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.

To apply for a street closure permit

• visit the main reception desk in City Hall, 5005 Minnetonka Blvd., or
• call (952) 924-2500 or
• print out the application form from this web site and mail it to City Hall.

To apply for a temporary noise permit for a live band

• call (952) 924-2589.

Garage sales
St. Louis Park residents may conduct two garage sales per year, each lasting a maximum of 72 consecutive hours.

• No outdoor display or storage of sale items is allowed beyond 72 hours.
• Do not post signs on utility poles, traffic signs or public right-of-ways (i.e. curbside areas of lawns).

Pick up garage sale signs as soon as your sale is over.

After your sale is over, please consider donating unsold household items to a charity rather than throwing them away. You'll reduce the amount of garbage sent to incinerators while helping a worthy cause. Some charities - Arc Greater Twin Cities or the Salvation Army, for example - will pick up items from your home. For more information, call your favorite charitable organization; they're listed alphabetically in the business section of your phone book or go to http://www.guidestar.org to search for non-profit agencies.

Meeting rooms
St. Louis Park neighborhood groups and civic organizations can reserve meeting rooms in City Hall at no charge. St. Louis Park youth associations, teams and clubs may reserve meeting rooms at the Rec Center and park pavilions at no charge as long as no food is served. If food is served, there is a small fee. Other groups may use the Rec Center meeting rooms but a room rental fee may be charged.

City Hall Rooms

• City Council Chambers (third floor west) capacity 122
• Westwood Room (third floor south) capacity 18
• Meadowbrook Room (third floor north) capacity 8
• Aquila Room (second floor north) capacity 12
• Dakota Room (second floor north) capacity 8
• Fern Hill Room (second floor south) capacity 4
• Community Room (first floor west) capacity 49

For information about meeting room availability, call City Hall at (952) 924-2500 or email info@stlouispark.org.

Rec Center Rooms and Year-round Park Pavillions

• Banquet room (second floor west) - capacity 160
• Gallery (first floor north) - capacity 70
• Wolfe Park Pavilion - capacity 30

For information about meeting room or pavilion availability and fees, call the Rec Center at (952) 924-2540 or email info@stlouispark.org

Neighborhood Associations
Many of St. Louis Park's 35 neighborhoods are represented by an organized neighborhood association. These groups can rally residents together to solve a problem or voice an opinion on a special issue. They can also hold neighborhood get-togethers, organize park clean-ups, or share services (trading home maintenance for child care, for example). Many neighborhoods publish newsletters listing upcoming events and neighborhood news.

Call Marney Olson, Community Liaison, at (952) 924-2184 or email molson@stlouispark.org to find out whether your neighborhood is represented by an association, or if it isn’t, how you can organize one.

Neighborhood watch block captains
In partnership with the St. Louis Park Police Department, block captains help maintain the safety and well being of their neighborhood by coordinating Neighborhood Watch activities for their block. Each block captain helps develop and maintain ongoing communication between the block's residents and the Police Department. Block captains organize their block's annual National Night Out block party, host crime prevention meetings, distribute newsletters and crime alerts, and attend the annual block captains' meeting. Block captains may also be asked to help out at other city events.

If you would like to volunteer to be a block captain, call (952)924-2661 or email kczapar@stlouispark.org. Duties are not time-consuming, and block captains report an increased sense of neighborhood pride and improved relationships in exchange for their service. For more information on becoming a block captain, click here.

Requirements

• St. Louis Park resident
• At least 18 years of age

For more information or to volunteer

• Call (952) 924-2661
• Click here for an application

Posting Signs
Open house, for sale, for rent and other temporary signs cannot be posted on public property trees or public right-of-way, including

• Curbside areas of lawns
• Utility poles
• Traffic signs.

Signs placed on public property will be removed.

City ordinance also regulates the size and placement of permanent signs.
For more information, contact Zoning Administrator Gary Morrison at

• (952) 924-2592
• gmorrison@stlouispark.org

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