Trees selected should be suitable for Minnesota climate and solid. Plantings should be no closer than three feet from property lines or fences. Trees and shrubs planted near overhead power lines should be a variety that grows no more than 20 feet in height.

Some properties have utility transformer boxes near boulevards or in the easements along property boundaries. Landscaping may be done to help hide the boxes, however, the doors to the boxes should be accessible to utility workers. Please avoid planting shrubs in the area where the doors are located. You may wish to have City staff look at your plan before landscaping around the transformer boxes. We will advise you if the plantings may cause a conflict with access. Typically, no plantings or obstructions should be placed within two feet of sides or ten feet of the doors of the utility boxes.