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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to metropolitan government; amending Metropolitan Land Planning Act
3	3	1.3 requirements and authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 473.254,
4	4	1.4 subdivision 2; 473.858, subdivision 1; 473.865, subdivisions 2, 3; repealing Laws
5	5	1.5 2017, First Special Session chapter 3, article 3, section 126; Laws 2018, chapter
6	6	1.6 214, article 2, section 46.
7	7	1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
8	8	1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.254, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9	9	1.9 Subd. 2.Affordable, life-cycle goals.(a) The council shall negotiate with each
10	10	1.10municipality to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that municipality that
11	11	1.11are consistent with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as provided in the
12	12	1.12adopted Metropolitan Development Guide. The council shall adopt, by resolution after a
13	13	1.13public hearing, the negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for each municipality
14	14	1.14by January 15, 1996, and by January 15 in each succeeding year for each municipality newly
15	15	1.15electing to participate in the program or for each municipality with which new housing
16	16	1.16goals have been negotiated. By June 30, 1996, and by June 30 in each succeeding year, for
17	17	1.17each municipality newly electing to participate in the program or for each municipality with
18	18	1.18which new housing goals have been negotiated, each municipality shall identify to the
19	19	1.19council the actions it plans to take to meet the established housing goals.
20	20	1.20 (b) Only parcels that are consistent with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan
21	21	1.21Development Guide and are zoned for multifamily housing at the guided level of density
22	22	1.22may qualify toward a municipality's affordable and life-cycle housing goals under this
23	23	1.23subdivision.
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	REVISOR MS/HL 25-0170201/06/25
26	26	State of Minnesota
27	27	This Document can be made available
28	28	in alternative formats upon request
29	29	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
30	30	H. F. No. 1134
31	31	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
32	32	Authored by Elkins02/19/2025
33	33	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy 2.1 APPLICATION.This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
34	34	2.2Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
35	35	2.3 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.858, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
36	36	2.4 Subdivision 1.No conflicting zoning, fiscal device, official control.Within nine months
37	37	2.5following the receipt of a metropolitan system statement for an amendment to a metropolitan
38	38	2.6system plan and within three years following the receipt of a metropolitan system statement
39	39	2.7issued in conjunction with the decennial review required under section 473.864, subdivision
40	40	2.82, every local governmental unit shall have reviewed and, if necessary, amended its
41	41	2.9comprehensive plan in accordance with sections 462.355, 473.175, and 473.851 to 473.871
42	42	2.10and the applicable planning statute and shall have submitted the plan to the Metropolitan
43	43	2.11Council for review pursuant to section 473.175. The provisions of sections 462.355, 473.175,
44	44	2.12and 473.851 to 473.871 shall supersede the provisions of the applicable planning statute
45	45	2.13wherever a conflict may exist. If the comprehensive municipal plan is in conflict with the
46	46	2.14zoning ordinance, the zoning ordinance shall be brought into conformance with the plan by
47	47	2.15local government units in conjunction with the review and, if necessary, amendment of its
48	48	2.16comprehensive plan required under section 473.864, subdivision 2. A local government
49	49	2.17unit shall not adopt any fiscal device or official control which is in conflict with its
50	50	2.18comprehensive plan, including any amendments to the plan, or which permits activity in
51	51	2.19conflict with metropolitan system plans, as defined by section 473.852, subdivision 8. The
52	52	2.20comprehensive plan shall provide guidelines for the timing and sequence of the adoption
53	53	2.21of official controls to ensure planned, orderly, and staged development and redevelopment
54	54	2.22consistent with the comprehensive plan. For purposes of this section, a fiscal device or
55	55	2.23official control shall not be considered to be in conflict with a local government unit's
56	56	2.24comprehensive plan or to permit an activity in conflict with metropolitan system plans if
57	57	2.25such fiscal device or official control is adopted to ensure the planned, orderly, and staged
58	58	2.26development of urbanization or redevelopment areas designated in the comprehensive plan
59	59	2.27pursuant to section 473.859, subdivision 5. A fiscal device or an official control does not
60	60	2.28conflict with a comprehensive plan if the fiscal device or official control permits all of the
61	61	2.29uses permitted or required in the comprehensive plan at the densities permitted or required
62	62	2.30by the comprehensive plan and prohibits all of the uses expressly prohibited by the
63	63	2.31comprehensive plan. A fiscal device or an official control for land guided for commercial
64	64	2.32or industrial use may be more specific than the comprehensive plan regarding the kinds of
65	65	2.33commercial or industrial uses that are allowed in specific locations.
66	66	2.34 APPLICATION.This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
67	67	2.35Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
68	68	2Sec. 2.
69	69	REVISOR MS/HL 25-0170201/06/25 3.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.865, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
70	70	3.2 Subd. 2.No conflict with plans.A local governmental unit shall not adopt any official
71	71	3.3control or fiscal device which is in conflict with its comprehensive plan or which permits
72	72	3.4activity in conflict with metropolitan system plans. A fiscal device or an official control
73	73	3.5does not conflict with a comprehensive plan if the fiscal device or official control permits
74	74	3.6all of the uses permitted or required in the comprehensive plan at the densities permitted or
75	75	3.7required by the comprehensive plan and prohibits all of the uses expressly prohibited by
76	76	3.8the comprehensive plan. A fiscal device or an official control for land guided for commercial
77	77	3.9or industrial use may be more specific than the comprehensive plan regarding the kinds of
78	78	3.10commercial or industrial uses that are allowed in specific locations.
79	79	3.11 APPLICATION.This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
80	80	3.12Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
81	81	3.13 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.865, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
82	82	3.14 Subd. 3.Amendments.If an official control conflicts with a comprehensive plan as the
83	83	3.15result of an amendment to the plan, the official control shall be amended by the unit within
84	84	3.16nine months following the amendment to the plan so as to not conflict with the amended
85	85	3.17comprehensive plan. If a development application is submitted that is not in conflict with
86	86	3.18the comprehensive plan, the unit must process the application in accordance with section
87	87	3.1915.99.
88	88	3.20 APPLICATION.This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
89	89	3.21Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
90	90	3.22 Sec. 5. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
91	91	3.23 The Metropolitan Council must review and amend as appropriate its Metropolitan
92	92	3.24Development Guide, policy plans, and system statements to make them consistent with the
93	93	3.25effect of the repeal of the special laws in section 6.
94	94	3.26 EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.This section is effective the day following
95	95	3.27final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
96	96	3.28Scott, and Washington.
97	97	3.29 Sec. 6. REPEALER.
98	98	3.30 Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 3, article 3, section 126; and Laws 2018, chapter
99	99	3.31214, article 2, section 46, are repealed.
100	100	3Sec. 6.
101	101	REVISOR MS/HL 25-0170201/06/25 4.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
102	102	4Sec. 6.
103	103	REVISOR MS/HL 25-0170201/06/25 Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 3, article 3, section 126
104	104	Sec. 126. OAK GROVE; COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
105	105	Subdivision 1.Oak Grove.Notwithstanding any law, metropolitan system plan, the 2015 system
106	106	statement for the city of Oak Grove, or administrative law judge's decision to the contrary, the area
107	107	of the city that was the subject of the administrative law judge's decision in OAH 5-2106-33226,
108	108	dated May 10, 2016, is designated "rural residential" for the purposes of the city's comprehensive
109	109	plan update.
110	110	Subd. 2.Metropolitan Council.The Metropolitan Council shall conform its metropolitan
111	111	development guide, system plans, and the system statement for the city of Oak Grove to accommodate
112	112	the provisions in subdivision 1.
113	113	EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day after the governing body of the city of
114	114	Oak Grove and its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes,
115	115	section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3. This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
116	116	Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
117	117	Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 2, section 46
118	118	Sec. 46. NOWTHEN; COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
119	119	Notwithstanding any law, metropolitan system plan, or the 2015 system statement for the city
120	120	of Nowthen, the Metropolitan Council shall conform its metropolitan development guide, system
121	121	plans, and the system statement for the city of Nowthen to implement any changes requested by
122	122	the city of Nowthen relating to the council's designation of part or all of the city for purposes of
123	123	the metropolitan development guide, systems plans and statements, and the city's comprehensive
124	124	plan.
125	125	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.This section is effective the day after the governing
126	126	body of the city of Nowthen and its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with
127	127	Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3. This section applies in the counties of
128	128	Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
129	129	1R
130	130	APPENDIX
131	131	Repealed Minnesota Session Laws: 25-01702