2007 Minnesota Statutes

394.30 COUNTY BOARD'S PLANNING COMMISSION.
    Subdivision 1. Appointed chair; members. Any board of county commissioners may
by ordinance appoint a planning commission composed of not less than five nor more than 11
members appointed by the chair of the board. At least two members shall be residents of the
portion of the county outside the corporate limits of municipalities. The manner of appointment
and terms of office of the members shall be as provided in the ordinance. No more than one voting
member of the commission shall be an officer or employee of the county. No voting member of the
commission shall have received, during the two years prior to appointment, any substantial portion
of income from business operations involving the development of land within the county for urban
and urban related purposes. In the ordinance establishing the planning commission the board may
designate any county officer or employee as an ex officio member of such commission. The term
of office and removal of any member for nonperformance of duty or misconduct in office as well
as filling vacancies on the board shall be as provided in the ordinance creating the commission.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1974 c 571 s 51]
    Subd. 3. Pay, expenses. The members of the commission, other than members of the board
of county commissioners, may be compensated in an amount determined by the county board. All
commission members, including county commissioners, may be paid their necessary expenses
in attending meetings of the commission and in the conduct of the business of the commission.
Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit the payment of a per diem to county
commissioners pursuant to section 375.055, subdivision 1.
    Subd. 4. Officers; plan preparation, use permit review. The planning commission shall
elect a chair and secretary from among its members and cooperate with the planning director
and other employees of the county in preparing and recommending to the board for adoption a
comprehensive plan and recommendations for plan execution in the form of official controls and
other measures, and amendments thereto. In all instances in which the planning commission is not
the final authority, as authorized in subdivision 5, the commission shall review all applications for
conditional use permits and plans for subdivisions of land and report thereon to the board.
    Subd. 5. Additional duties. The board may by ordinance assign additional duties and
responsibilities to the planning commission including but not restricted to the conduct of public
hearings, the authority to order the issuance of some or all categories of conditional use permits,
the authority to approve some or all categories of subdivisions of land, and the authority to
approve some or all categories of planned unit developments. The planning commission may be
required by the board to review any comprehensive plans and official controls and any plans for
public land acquisition and development sent to the county for that purpose by any local unit of
government or any state or federal agency and shall report thereon in writing to the board.
History: 1959 c 559 s 10; 1963 c 692 s 6; 1974 c 571 s 31-34; 1975 c 301 s 14; 1986 c 444