2005 Minnesota Statutes

     414.011 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Application.  For the purposes of this 
 chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings 
 given them. 

    Subd. 2.    Municipality.  "Municipality" means any 
 city, however organized. 

    Subd. 3.    Incorporated land.  "Incorporated land" 
 means land within a municipality; "unincorporated land" means 
 land outside a municipality. 

    Subd. 4.    Property, area, land.  The terms "property," 
 "area," and "land" mean geographical units of land within or 
 outside a municipality, depending upon the context in which the 
 term is used. 

    Subd. 5.    Property owner.  "Property owner" means the 
 fee owner of land, or the beneficial owner of land whose 
 interest is primarily one of possession and enjoyment.  The term 
 includes, but is not limited to, vendees under a contract for 
 deed, and mortgagors.  Any reference to a percentage of property 
 owners shall mean in number. 

    Subd. 6.    Abut, abuts, abutting.  The terms "abut," 
 "abuts," and "abutting" refer to areas whose boundaries at least 
 touch one another at a single point, including areas whose 
 boundaries would touch but for an intervening roadway, railroad, 
 waterway or parcel of publicly owned land. 

    Subd. 7.    Boundary adjustment.  "Boundary adjustment" 
 means any proceeding authorized by this chapter. 

    Subd. 8. Repealed, 2002 c 223 s 29 

    Subd. 9.    Corporate boundary map.  "Corporate boundary 
 map" means a map which accurately describes the boundaries of a 
 municipality. 

    Subd. 10.    Plat map.  "Plat map" means that document 
 recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county 
 where the area is located. 

    Subd. 11.    Director.  "Director" means the director of 
 the Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning. 

    HIST: 1969 c 1146 s 7; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1978 c 705 s 9,10; 2002 
 c 223 s 2,3