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<br />Minnesota Statutes 2003. Table of Chapters <br /> <br />Table of contents for Chapter 462 <br /> <br />462.355 Prepare, adopt, and. amend. comprehensive <br />llllmiaipal plan. <br /> <br />Subdivision 1. Preparation and review. The planning <br />agency shall prepare the comprehensive municipal plan. In <br />discharging this duty the planning agency shall consult with and <br />coordinate the planning activities of other departments and <br />agencies of the municipality to insure conformity with and to <br />assist in the development of the comprehensive municipal plan. <br />In its planning activities the planning agency shall take due <br />cognizance of the planning activities of adjacent units of <br />government and other affected public agencies. The planning <br />agency shall periodically review the plan and recommend <br />amendments whenever necessary. <br /> <br />Subd. 1a. Plan update by metropolitan llllmicipali ties. <br />Each municipality in the metropolitan area, as defined in <br />section 473.121, subdivision 2, shall review and update its <br />comprehensive plan and fiscal devices and official controls as <br />provided in section 473.864, subdivision 2. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Procedure for plan adoption and amendment. <br />The planning agency may, unless otherwise provided by charter or <br />ordinance consistent with the municipal charter, recommend to <br />the governing body the adoption and amendment from time to time <br />of a comprehensive municipal plan. The plan may be prepared and <br />adopted in sections, each of which relates to a major subject of <br />the plan or to a major geographical section of the <br />municipality. The governing body may propose the comprehensive <br />municipal plan and amendments to it by resolution submitted to <br />the planning agency. Before adopting the comprehensive <br />municipal plan or any section or amendment of the plan, the <br />planning agency shall hold at least one public hearing thereon. <br />A notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing shall be <br />published once in the official newspaper of the municipality at <br />least ten days before the day of the hearing. <br /> <br />Subd. 3. Adoption by governing lDody. A proposed <br />comprehensive plan or an amendment to it may not be acted upon <br />by the governing body until i L hc:lO::; .Lc,",cl ved- the recommendation <br />of the planning agency or until 60 days have elapsed from the <br />date an amendment proposed by the governing body has been <br />submitted to the planning agency for its recommendation. Unless <br />otherwise provided by charter, the governing body may by <br />resolution by a two-thirds vote of all of its members adopt and <br />amend the comprehensive plan or portion thereof as the official <br />municipal plan upon such notice and hearing as may be prescribed <br />by ordinance. <br /> <br />Subd. 4. Interim ordinance. If a municipality is <br />conducting studies or has authorized a study to be conducted or <br />