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<br />Minnesota Statutes 1997,462.357
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<br />Minnesota Statutes 1997, Table of Chapters
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<br />Table of contents for Chapter 462
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<br />462.357 Procedure for plan effectuation; zoning.
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<br />Subdivision 1. Authority for zoning. For the purpose
<br />of promoting the public health, safety, morals, and general
<br />welfare, a municipality may by ordinance regulate on the earth's
<br />surface, in the air space above the surface, and in subsurface
<br />areas, the location, height, width, bulk, type of foundation,
<br />number of stories, size of buildings and other structures, the
<br />percentage of lot which may be occupied, the size of yards and
<br />other open spaces, the density and distribution of population,
<br />the uses of buildings and structures for trade, industry,
<br />residence, recreation, public activities, or other purposes, and
<br />the uses of land for trade, industry, residence, recreation,
<br />agriculture, forestry, soil conservation, water supply
<br />conservation, conservation of shorelands, as defined in sections
<br />l03F.201 to l03F.221, access to direct sunlight for solar energy
<br />systems as defined in section 2l6C.06, flood control or other
<br />purposes, and may establish standards and procedures regulating
<br />such uses. To accomplish these purposes, official controls may
<br />include provision for purchase of development rights by the
<br />governing body in the form of conservation easements under
<br />chapter 84C in areas where the governing body considers
<br />preservation desirable and the transfer of development rights
<br />from those areas to areas the governing body considers more
<br />appropriate for development. No regulation may prohibit earth
<br />sheltered construction as defined in section 216C.06,
<br />subdivision 2, relocated residential buildings, or manufactured
<br />homes built in conformance with sections 327.31 to 327.35 that
<br />comply with all other zoning ordinances promulgated pursuant to
<br />this section. The regulations may divide the surface, above
<br />surface, and subsurface areas of the municipality into districts
<br />or zones of suitable numbers, shape, and area. The regulations
<br />shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings,
<br />structures, or land and for each class or kind of use throughout
<br />such district, but the regulations in one district may differ
<br />from those in other districts. The ordinance embodying these
<br />regulations shall be known as the zoning ordinance and shall
<br />consist of text and maps. A city may by ordinance extend the
<br />application of its zoning regulations to unincorporated
<br />territory located within two miles of its limits in any
<br />direction, but not in a county or town which has adopted zoning
<br />regulations; provided that where two or more noncontiguous
<br />municipalities have boundaries less than four miles apart, each
<br />is authorized to control the zoning of land on its side of a
<br />line equidistant between the two noncontiguous municipalities
<br />unless a town or county in the affected area has adopted zoning
<br />regulations. Any city may thereafter enforce such regulations
<br />in the area to the same extent as if such property were situated
<br />within its corporate limits, until the county or town board
<br />adopts a comprehensive zoning regulation which includes the area.
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<br />Subd. 1a. Certain zoning ordinances. A municipality
<br />must not enact, amend, or enforce a zoning ordinance that has
<br />the effect of altering the existing density, lot-size
<br />requirements, or manufactured home setback requirements in any
<br />manufactured home park constructed before January 1, 1995, if
<br />the manufactured home park, when constructed, complied with the
<br />then existing density, lot-size and setback requirements.
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