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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to local government; authorizing zoning for owner-occupied residential <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>uses;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 462.357, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 462.357, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1i. <b>Owner-occupied use may be required.</b> In order to stabilize and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>strengthen municipalities and neighborhoods by increasing the percentage of residential <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>properties that are owner-occupied, a municipality may adopt an ordinance providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>for owner-occupied residential use. The ordinance must define "owner-occupied." This <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>subdivision is limited to property in either a targeted neighborhood as defined in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>469.201, subdivision 10, or an area qualified to receive funding under the Housing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>Recovery Act of 2008, Public Law 110-289. <br />
         		
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