Stearns County enforces many different types of rules and regulations.
Some are regulations we are required to enforce, due to federal or state law. These include the Data Practices Policy and HIPAA rules.
Some are state and federal regulations for which Stearns County is the designated enforcement agency. Examples of this type include feedlot rules, wetland regulations, and environmental health rules.
Finally, Stearns County adopts its own regulations covering other policy areas, including parks regulations and planning and zoning rules.
We hope you have a safe and enjoyable time in our County parks. To help ensure that everyone has a good experience, we enforce some rules. Please review them before you head out!
The Stearns County Park Commission is the body responsible for studying and then determining the park and open space needs of Stearns County.
As an administrative arm of the State of Minnesota, Stearns County enforces a variety of rules around wetland areas and appropriate care of our water resources.
Environmental Health includes food, beverage and lodging regulations, septic inspections, solid waste disposal and lead level monitoring.