Start Planning for Minnetonka's Night for Neighbors

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On Aug. 7 from 6–9 p.m., Minnetonka residents are invited to get together with their neighbors to celebrate Minnetonka’s Night for Neighbors, an event designed to heighten crime prevention awareness, generate support in local crime prevention program and strengthen police-community partnerships.

During the event, residents of neighborhoods in Minnetonka will lock their doors, turn on their outdoor lights and spend the evening outside with neighbors. Many neighborhoods host special events such as block parties with visits from police, fire and other city departments.

Register online on the Night for Neighbors or pick up a registration form at the . Registration must be received by Friday, July 13. It has been proven that neighborhoods where people know one another often see a reduction in criminal activity.

The event, also known as National Night Out, will occur in cities and neighborhoods on that date across the nation.

City Safety Reminders

Minnetonka’s social host ordinance

The city of Minnetonka’s social host ordinance is designed to discourage underage consumption of alcoholic beverages by making the host of an underage drinking party criminally responsible. A violation of the ordinance is a misdemeanor.

A person can be responsible under the ordinance even if the person is not present at the party. However, an absent person is not responsible if the person did not know that a gathering would occur, or did not know that alcoholic beverages would be present, or did not know that an underage person was likely to be present. Parents who have alcoholic beverages in their homes are not responsible under the ordinance if they have issued a standing order that alcohol is not to be consumed by underage persons while in their home. A copy of the full ordinance can be found through the city’s City Code page.

Curfew for minors in Hennepin County:

• Under 12 years old: Sunday–Thursday, home by 9 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, home by 10 p.m.
• 12–14 years old: Sunday–Thursday, home by 10 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, home by 11 p.m.
• 15–17 years old: Sunday–Thursday, home by 11 p.m., Friday & Saturday, home by midnight