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430.01 DESIGNATION OF LAND FOR VARIOUS USES.
Subdivision 1. Streets; parks; and parkways. The council and the board of park
commissioners of a city of the first class may designate land to be acquired for a system of
streets, parks, and parkways. They may take this action only by concurrent resolution adopted
by a majority vote of each body. The land must be acquired under this chapter, in proceedings
conducted either by the city council or the board of park commissioners, as stated in the resolution.
Subd. 2. Parking lots; pedestrian malls and uses. The council of a city of the first class may
by resolution designate land to be acquired, improved, and operated for motor vehicle parking
lots. By resolution, the council may designate lands to be acquired, improved, and operated for
pedestrian malls. By ordinance adopted under section 430.011, the council may designate streets
in central business districts to be improved primarily for pedestrian uses.
Subd. 3. Performance of duties. If the board of park commissioners acts, the duties to
be performed under this chapter by the city clerk, the city engineer, and the city attorney,
respectively, must be performed by the secretary, the engineer, and the attorney elected and
employed by the board of park commissioners, and the powers to be exercised under this chapter
by the city council may be exercised by the board of park commissioners.
Subd. 4. Definition. As used in this chapter, the term "system of streets, parks, and
parkways" means a body of contiguous land designed to be used in part for streets and in part for
parks or parkways. The concurrent resolution must designate which part is for streets, which part
is for parks, and which part is for parkways.
Subd. 5. Independent action. If the city council wants to take, improve, or take and improve
land for street purposes, to take land for motor vehicle parking lots, to take land for pedestrian
malls, or to improve streets for pedestrian uses, it may act under this chapter for that purpose
without the concurrence of the board of park commissioners. If the board of park commissioners
wants to take, improve, or take and improve land for parks or parkways, it may act under this
chapter without the concurrence of the city council.
History: (1552) 1911 c 185 s 1; 1917 c 103 s 2; 1945 c 470 s 2; 1963 c 504 s 1; 1987
c 229 art 9 s 1
Subdivision 1. Streets; parks; and parkways. The council and the board of park
commissioners of a city of the first class may designate land to be acquired for a system of
streets, parks, and parkways. They may take this action only by concurrent resolution adopted
by a majority vote of each body. The land must be acquired under this chapter, in proceedings
conducted either by the city council or the board of park commissioners, as stated in the resolution.
Subd. 2. Parking lots; pedestrian malls and uses. The council of a city of the first class may
by resolution designate land to be acquired, improved, and operated for motor vehicle parking
lots. By resolution, the council may designate lands to be acquired, improved, and operated for
pedestrian malls. By ordinance adopted under section 430.011, the council may designate streets
in central business districts to be improved primarily for pedestrian uses.
Subd. 3. Performance of duties. If the board of park commissioners acts, the duties to
be performed under this chapter by the city clerk, the city engineer, and the city attorney,
respectively, must be performed by the secretary, the engineer, and the attorney elected and
employed by the board of park commissioners, and the powers to be exercised under this chapter
by the city council may be exercised by the board of park commissioners.
Subd. 4. Definition. As used in this chapter, the term "system of streets, parks, and
parkways" means a body of contiguous land designed to be used in part for streets and in part for
parks or parkways. The concurrent resolution must designate which part is for streets, which part
is for parks, and which part is for parkways.
Subd. 5. Independent action. If the city council wants to take, improve, or take and improve
land for street purposes, to take land for motor vehicle parking lots, to take land for pedestrian
malls, or to improve streets for pedestrian uses, it may act under this chapter for that purpose
without the concurrence of the board of park commissioners. If the board of park commissioners
wants to take, improve, or take and improve land for parks or parkways, it may act under this
chapter without the concurrence of the city council.
History: (1552) 1911 c 185 s 1; 1917 c 103 s 2; 1945 c 470 s 2; 1963 c 504 s 1; 1987
c 229 art 9 s 1
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