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473H.04 AUTHORITY MUST CERTIFY ELIGIBLE PRESERVE LANDS.
    Subdivision 1. With maps; published notice. Each authority in the metropolitan area having
land classified agricultural pursuant to section 273.13 shall certify by resolution using appropriate
maps which lands, if any, are eligible for designation as agricultural preserves. Maps shall be in
sufficient detail to identify eligible lands by property boundaries. At least two weeks before the
resolution is to be adopted, the authority shall publish notice of its intended action in a newspaper
having a general circulation within the area of jurisdiction of the authority. No additional lands
shall qualify for designation as agricultural preserves until the authority certifies qualification.
    Subd. 2. When eligibility ends. Land shall cease to be eligible for designation as an
agricultural preserve when the comprehensive plan and zoning for the land have been amended
so that the land is no longer planned for long term agricultural use and is no longer zoned for
long term agricultural use, evidenced by a maximum residential density permitting more than one
unit per 40 acres. When changes have been made, the authority shall certify by resolution and
appropriate maps which lands are no longer eligible. At least two weeks before the resolution is to
be adopted, the authority shall publish a notice of its intended action in a newspaper having a
general circulation within the area of jurisdiction of the authority.
    Subd. 3. Maps to Met Council. The authority shall provide the Metropolitan Council
with suitable maps showing any lands certified eligible pursuant to subdivision 1 or decertified
pursuant to subdivision 2. The Metropolitan Council shall maintain maps of the metropolitan area
showing all certified long term agricultural lands.
History: 1980 c 566 s 4; 1982 c 523 art 32 s 3,4

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