HF 696

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to metropolitan government; requiring the 
  1.3             metropolitan area local governments to establish urban 
  1.4             growth boundaries; requiring the metropolitan council 
  1.5             to review and approve the urban growth boundaries; 
  1.6             requiring the metropolitan council to negotiate with 
  1.7             the St. Cloud region to preserve agricultural and open 
  1.8             space between the urbanized areas in the two regions; 
  1.9             amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 473.175, by 
  1.10            adding a subdivision; and 473.859, subdivision 2. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.175, is 
  1.13  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.14     Subd. 1a.  [APPROVAL OF URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.] The 
  1.15  metropolitan council shall review each local comprehensive 
  1.16  plan's urban growth boundary for consistency with the council's 
  1.17  adopted development guide, including its system plans.  The 
  1.18  council may require a local governmental unit to modify the 
  1.19  urban growth boundary if the council determines that it is not 
  1.20  consistent with the adopted development guide or a system plan. 
  1.21     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.859, 
  1.22  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.23     Subd. 2.  [LAND USE PLAN.] A land use plan shall include 
  1.24  the water management plan required by section 103B.235, and 
  1.25  shall designate the existing and proposed location, intensity 
  1.26  and extent of use of land and water, including lakes, wetlands, 
  1.27  rivers, streams, natural drainage courses, and adjoining land 
  1.28  areas that affect water natural resources, for agricultural, 
  2.1   residential, commercial, industrial and other public and private 
  2.2   purposes, or any combination of such purposes.  A land use plan 
  2.3   shall contain a protection element, as appropriate, for historic 
  2.4   sites, the matters listed in the water management plan required 
  2.5   by section 103B.235, and an element for protection and 
  2.6   development of access to direct sunlight for solar energy 
  2.7   systems.  A land use plan shall also include a housing element 
  2.8   containing standards, plans and programs for providing adequate 
  2.9   housing opportunities to meet existing and projected local and 
  2.10  regional housing needs, including but not limited to the use of 
  2.11  official controls and land use planning to promote the 
  2.12  availability of land for the development of low and moderate 
  2.13  income housing.  A land use plan must identify the urban growth 
  2.14  areas, as defined in section 462.352, subdivision 18, and 
  2.15  establish an urban growth boundary around the urban growth 
  2.16  areas.  The land use plan must describe the official controls 
  2.17  that will ensure that urban development does not occur outside 
  2.18  the urban growth boundary and that will preserve the area 
  2.19  outside the boundary for agriculture, open space, or other rural 
  2.20  uses. 
  2.21     Sec. 3.  [DEADLINE TO ADOPT URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.] 
  2.22     Each local governmental unit in the metropolitan area must 
  2.23  amend its local comprehensive plan to meet the requirements of 
  2.24  section 2 and submit it to the metropolitan council for review 
  2.25  and approval within one year of the effective date of this 
  2.26  section. 
  2.27     Sec. 4.  [AGREEMENT WITH ST. CLOUD REGION.] 
  2.28     The metropolitan council shall negotiate with the St. Cloud 
  2.29  area joint planning district an agreement that preserves 
  2.30  agriculture and open space between the urbanized areas in the 
  2.31  metropolitan area and the urbanized areas in the St. Cloud 
  2.32  region. 
  2.33     Sec. 5.  [APPLICATION; EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.34     Sections 1 to 4 apply in the counties of Anoka, Carver, 
  2.35  Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington, and are 
  2.36  effective the day following their final enactment.