2007 Minnesota Statutes

116G.07 PREPARATION, REVIEW, AND APPROVAL OF PLANS AND REGULATIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Preparation. (a) Within 30 days of receiving notification of the designation
of an area or areas of critical concern within its jurisdiction, the local unit of government shall
submit existing plans and regulations which deal with or affect the area or areas so designated to
the appropriate regional development commission or to the board if no regional development
commission has been established.
(b) If no plans or regulations exist, the local unit of government shall upon receiving
notification of the designation of an area or areas of critical concern within its jurisdiction:
(1) Within six months of said notification prepare plans and regulations for the designated
area or areas of critical concern and submit them to the appropriate regional development
commission for review; or
(2) Within 30 days of said notification request that the appropriate regional development
commission prepare plans and regulations for the area or areas of critical concern. Within six
months of receipt of such request, the regional development commission shall prepare said plans
and regulations and submit them to the board for review. If no regional development commission
has been established, the local unit of government may request that the board prepare plans and
rules for adoption by the local unit of government.
    Subd. 2. Review. Within 45 days of receiving plans and regulations from the local unit of
government under the provisions of subdivision 1, the regional development commission shall
review the plans and regulations to determine their consistency with regional objectives and the
provisions of the order designating the areas of critical concern and transmit its recommendations,
together with the plans and regulations, to the board.
    Subd. 3. Approval. (a) Within 45 days of receiving plans and regulations from the local
unit of government or a regional development commission, the board shall review the plans and
regulations to determine their consistency with the provisions of the order designating the area,
the recommendations of the regional development commission, and the review comments of
such state agencies as the board shall deem appropriate, and shall either approve the plans and
regulations by written order or return them to the local unit of government or regional development
commission for modification along with a written explanation of the need for modification.
(b) Plans and regulations which are returned to the local unit of government or regional
development commission for modification shall be revised consistent with the instructions of the
board and resubmitted to the board within 60 days of their receipt, provided that final revision
need not be made until a formal meeting has been held with the board on the plans and regulations
if requested by the local unit of government or regional development commission.
(c) Plans or regulations prepared pursuant to this section shall become effective when
enacted by the local unit of government or, following legislative or regional development
commission approval of the designation, upon such date as the board may provide in its order
approving said plans and regulations.
History: 1973 c 752 s 7; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1985 c 248 s 70