1999 Minnesota Statutes

     473.3915 Transit zones. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definitions.  For the purposes of this 
 section, the terms defined in subdivisions 2 and 3 have the 
 meanings given them. 

    Subd. 2.    Regular route transit service.  "Regular 
 route transit service" means services as defined in section 
 473.385, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), with at least two 
 scheduled runs per hour between 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday 
 to Friday, and regularly scheduled service on Saturday, Sunday, 
 and holidays, and weekdays after 6:30 p.m.  The two scheduled 
 runs for buses leaving a replacement transit service transit hub 
 need not be on the same route.  

    Subd. 3.    Transit zone.  "Transit zone" means:  (1) 
 the area within one-quarter of a mile of a route along which 
 regular route transit service is provided that is also within 
 the metropolitan urban service area, as determined by the 
 council; or (2) the area within one-eighth of a mile around a 
 replacement transit service transit hub.  "Transit zone" 
 includes any light rail transit route for which funds for 
 construction have been committed. 

    Subd. 4.    Transit zones; map and plan.  For the 
 purposes of section 273.13, subdivision 24, the council shall 
 designate transit zones and identify them on a detailed map and 
 in a plan.  The council shall review the map and plan once a 
 year and revise them as necessary to indicate the current 
 transit zones.  The council shall provide each county and city 
 assessor in the metropolitan area a copy of the current map and 
 plan. 

    Subd. 5.    Transit zone map; date first produced.  The 
 metropolitan council shall produce an initial version of the 
 transit zone map required under subdivision 4 by January 1, 1996.

    Subd. 6.    Application.  This section applies in the 
 counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and 
 Washington. 

    HIST: 1995 c 264 art 3 s 27; 1998 c 389 art 3 s 23,24