2005 Minnesota Statutes

     15B.05 Comprehensive use plan. 

    Subdivision 1.    Plan is required.  The board must 
 have, and prescribe for the Capitol Area, a comprehensive use 
 plan called the comprehensive plan in this chapter. 

    Subd. 2.    Plan must show land uses.  The comprehensive 
 plan must show the current uses and recommend future uses of 
 land including, but not limited to: 

    (1) areas for public taking and use; 

    (2) zoning for private land and criteria for development of 
 public land, including, but not limited to, building areas, open 
 spaces, and monuments and other memorials; 

    (3) circulation of vehicles and pedestrians; 

    (4) utility systems; 

    (5) storage of vehicles; and 

    (6) elements of landscape architecture. 

    Subd. 3.    Construction must follow plan, have 
 competition.  No construction on public land in the Capitol 
 Area may take place unless the comprehensive plan and the 
 requirement for a competition under section 15B.10 are followed.

    Subd. 4.    Exceptions to competition.  (a) Under 
 section 15B.10, subdivision 4, the board may waive the 
 requirement of a competition. 

    (b) Under section 15B.13 a competition is not required.  

    Subd. 5.    Examples of construction.  Some examples of 
 construction under subdivision 3 are building or changing (1) a 
 public building; (2) a street; (3) a parking lot; or (4) a 
 monument. 

    Subd. 6.    Plan amendment prerequisites.  An amendment 
 to the comprehensive plan does not take effect until after the 
 CAAPB: 

    (1) gives 90 days' notice of the amendment to the St. Paul 
 Planning Department and the State Board of the Arts; and 

    (2) conducts a public hearing on the amendment with an 
 opportunity for public testimony at the hearing.  

    Subd. 7.    Cooperation with city, DEED, arts board.  
 The CAAPB must develop and maintain the comprehensive plan in 
 close cooperation with the employment and economic development 
 commissioner, St. Paul's Planning Department and City Council, 
 and the State Board of the Arts. 

    Subd. 8.    Priority for native vegetation.  The board, 
 as part of its comprehensive plan and adopted zoning rules, must 
 give priority to planting native trees and shrubs, or native 
 grasses wherever appropriate, within the Capitol Area. 

    HIST: Ex1967 c 13 s 13; 1969 c 1150 s 2; 1981 c 356 s 
 89; 1993 c 144 s 1; 1993 c 369 s 37; 1995 c 220 s 24; 2003 c 17 
 s 1, subds 5,14,16,27,28,50;2; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 2