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Minnesota Statutes 2002, Chapter 368. Date: 04/f 4/03 Page 1 of 1 3 Item: Ill, C. P•ftwtafions Fire DePartment Funding Copyright 2002 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Knnesota. = =368.01 368.01 Powers of certain metropolitan area towns. Subdivision 1. Towns described. A town that has platted portions where 1,200 or more people reside or a town that has a platted area within 20 miles of the city hall of a city of the first class having over 2001000 population shall have the powers enumerated in this section. Its town board may adopt, amend, or repeal ordinances and rules for the purposes enumerated. subd. la. Certain other towns. A town with a population of 1,000 or more that does not qualify under subdivision 1, shall have the enumerated powers upon an affirmative vote of its electors at the annual town meeting. The population must be established by the most recent federal decennial census, special census as provided in section 368.015, or population estimate by the state demographer made according to section 4A.02+ whichever has the latest stated date of count or estimate. subd. 2. Buildings. The town board may construct or acquire structures needed for town purposes, and control, protect, and insure public buildings, property, and records. subd. 3. Streets; sewers; sidewalks; public grounds. The town board may; ` (1 ) lay out, open, change, widen or extend streets, al 1 ey s , parks, squares, and other public ways and grounds and grader pager repair, control, and maintain therm; (2) establish and maintain drains, canals, and sewers; (3) alter, widen or straighten water courses; and (4) lay, repair, or otherwise improve or discontinue sidewalks, paths and crosswalks It may by ordinance regulate the use of streets and other public grounds to prevent encumbrances or obstructions, and require the owners or occupants of buildings and the owners of vacant lots to remove snow, ice, dirt, or rubbish from the adjacent sidewalks. In default of compliance it may remove the encum. brances, obstructions, or substances and assess the cost against the property as a special assessment. Subd. 4. Parks{ trees. The town board may provide for, and by ordinance regulate, the setting out and protection of trees, shrubs, and flowers in the town or upon its property. 6 subd. S. Cemeteries. The town board may acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation or otherwise, hold and manage cemetery grounds, enclose, lay out and ornament them and sell and convey lots in them. It may by ordinance regulate 4/10/2003