1999 Minnesota Statutes

     473H.12 Protection for normal farm practices. 

    Local governments and counties shall be prohibited from 
 enacting or enforcing ordinances or regulations within an 
 agricultural preserve which would, as adopted or applied, 
 unreasonably restrict or regulate normal farm structures or farm 
 practices in contravention of the purpose of sections 473H.02 to 
 473H.17 unless the restriction or regulation bears a direct 
 relationship to an immediate and substantial threat to the 
 public health and safety.  This section shall apply to the 
 operation of farm vehicles and machinery in the planting, 
 maintenance and harvesting of crops and in the care and feeding 
 of farm animals, the type of farming, and the design of farm 
 structures, exclusive of residences. 

    HIST: 1980 c 566 s 12; 1993 c 141 s 2