HF 3152

1st Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 03/15/2010 01:17pm

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; allowing conditional uses on certain lands within
the Lower St. Croix River area; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section
103F.351, subdivision 4.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.351, subdivision 4, is amended to
read:

Subd. 4.

Rules.

(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules that
establish guidelines and specify standards for local zoning ordinances applicable to the
area within the boundaries covered by the comprehensive master plan.

(b) The guidelines and standards must be consistent with this section, the federal
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, and the federal Lower St. Croix River Act of 1972. The
standards specified in the guidelines must include:

(1) the prohibition of new residential, commercial, or industrial uses other than those
that are consistent with the above mentioned acts; and

(2) the protection of riverway lands by means of acreage, frontage, and setback
requirements on development.

(c) Cities, counties, and towns lying within the areas affected by the guidelines shall
adopt zoning ordinances complying with the guidelines and standards within the time
schedule prescribed by the commissioner.

new text begin (d) In rural districts, as defined in rules adopted pursuant to this section, commercial,
nature-oriented, and educational uses may be allowed as conditional uses on properties
that were in similar use on May 1, 1974, and on January 1, 2010, if the conditional use:
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new text begin (1) complies, as far as practicable, with all dimensional standards in the rules for
rural districts; and
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new text begin (2) is similar in scope to the use that existed on May 1, 1974.
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