Residential permits & licenses

Residents must get a license for the following animals:

• Vietnamese potbellied pigs
• Chickens
• Bees

View more information on animals licenses.

If you are going to have a neighborhood party and want to use a section of the street, you can apply for a block party permit

Block party permit

Overnight parking is not allowed from 2 – 5 am on all Shoreview city streets. If you need to park overnight due to construction or overnight guests, you can request a permit.

*Permits can be issued for up to seven days and five vehicles. Dumpsters, bagsters, pods, or unlicensed vehicles are not allowed on the street. In case emergency vehicles need to get through we do not allow construction trailers to be parked on the street without a vehicle attached to it.

Please submit the permit application at least 24 hours in advance. Permit requests are reviewed during regular business hours Monday - Friday, 8 am - 4 pm. We are closed holidays.

Overnight parking permit

Every homeowner or multi-dwelling owner must get a rental license before renting out their property.

Rental licenses

If you live on a Shoreview city street that has “No Parking” signs, you can request a special event parking permit. This would be for events like graduation parties and garage sales.

Special event parking permit

If you have new sod or seed in your yard, you can get an exemption from the odd-even restriction for two weeks. (Water use restrictions run May 15 - September 15). ***Please do not water between the hours of 11 am - 5 p.m.

View more information and fill out the watering restriction exemption request form.