Minnesota Session Laws - 2010, Regular Session

CHAPTER 338--S.F.No. 2752

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: new text end

new text begin (1) complies with all dimensional standards in the rules, including variance requirements for any changes to the properties made after January 1, 2010; and new text end

new text begin (2) is similar in scope to the use that existed on May 1, 1974. new text end

Presented to the governor May 11, 2010

Signed by the governor May 13, 2010, 10:11 a.m.