1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to metropolitan government; amending Metropolitan Land Planning Act
1.3 requirements and authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 473.254,
1.4 subdivision 2; 473.858, subdivision 1; 473.865, subdivisions 2, 3; repealing Laws
1.5 2017, First Special Session chapter 3, article 3, section 126; Laws 2018, chapter
1.6 214, article 2, section 46.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.254, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.9 Subd. 2.Affordable, life-cycle goals.(a) The council shall negotiate with each
1.10municipality to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that municipality that
1.11are consistent with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as provided in the
1.12adopted Metropolitan Development Guide. The council shall adopt, by resolution after a
1.13public hearing, the negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for each municipality
1.14by January 15, 1996, and by January 15 in each succeeding year for each municipality newly
1.15electing to participate in the program or for each municipality with which new housing
1.16goals have been negotiated. By June 30, 1996, and by June 30 in each succeeding year, for
1.17each municipality newly electing to participate in the program or for each municipality with
1.18which new housing goals have been negotiated, each municipality shall identify to the
1.19council the actions it plans to take to meet the established housing goals.
1.20 (b) Only parcels that are consistent with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan
1.21Development Guide and are zoned for multifamily housing at the guided level of density
1.22may qualify toward a municipality's affordable and life-cycle housing goals under this
1.23subdivision.
1Section 1.
REVISOR MS/HL 25-0170201/06/25
State of Minnesota
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H. F. No. 1134
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Elkins02/19/2025
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,
2.2Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
2.3 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.858, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.4 Subdivision 1.No conflicting zoning, fiscal device, official control.Within nine months
2.5following the receipt of a metropolitan system statement for an amendment to a metropolitan
2.6system plan and within three years following the receipt of a metropolitan system statement
2.7issued in conjunction with the decennial review required under section 473.864, subdivision
2.82, every local governmental unit shall have reviewed and, if necessary, amended its
2.9comprehensive plan in accordance with sections 462.355, 473.175, and 473.851 to 473.871
2.10and the applicable planning statute and shall have submitted the plan to the Metropolitan
2.11Council for review pursuant to section 473.175. The provisions of sections 462.355, 473.175,
2.12and 473.851 to 473.871 shall supersede the provisions of the applicable planning statute
2.13wherever a conflict may exist. If the comprehensive municipal plan is in conflict with the
2.14zoning ordinance, the zoning ordinance shall be brought into conformance with the plan by
2.15local government units in conjunction with the review and, if necessary, amendment of its
2.16comprehensive plan required under section 473.864, subdivision 2. A local government
2.17unit shall not adopt any fiscal device or official control which is in conflict with its
2.18comprehensive plan, including any amendments to the plan, or which permits activity in
2.19conflict with metropolitan system plans, as defined by section 473.852, subdivision 8. The
2.20comprehensive plan shall provide guidelines for the timing and sequence of the adoption
2.21of official controls to ensure planned, orderly, and staged development and redevelopment
2.22consistent with the comprehensive plan. For purposes of this section, a fiscal device or
2.23official control shall not be considered to be in conflict with a local government unit's
2.24comprehensive plan or to permit an activity in conflict with metropolitan system plans if
2.25such fiscal device or official control is adopted to ensure the planned, orderly, and staged
2.26development of urbanization or redevelopment areas designated in the comprehensive plan
2.27pursuant to section 473.859, subdivision 5. A fiscal device or an official control does not
2.28conflict with a comprehensive plan if the fiscal device or official control permits all of the
2.29uses permitted or required in the comprehensive plan at the densities permitted or required
2.30by the comprehensive plan and prohibits all of the uses expressly prohibited by the
2.31comprehensive plan. A fiscal device or an official control for land guided for commercial
2.32or industrial use may be more specific than the comprehensive plan regarding the kinds of
2.33commercial or industrial uses that are allowed in specific locations.
2.34 APPLICATION.This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
2.35Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
2Sec. 2.
REVISOR MS/HL 25-0170201/06/25 3.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.865, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.2 Subd. 2.No conflict with plans.A local governmental unit shall not adopt any official
3.3control or fiscal device which is in conflict with its comprehensive plan or which permits
3.4activity in conflict with metropolitan system plans. A fiscal device or an official control
3.5does not conflict with a comprehensive plan if the fiscal device or official control permits
3.6all of the uses permitted or required in the comprehensive plan at the densities permitted or
3.7required by the comprehensive plan and prohibits all of the uses expressly prohibited by
3.8the comprehensive plan. A fiscal device or an official control for land guided for commercial
3.9or industrial use may be more specific than the comprehensive plan regarding the kinds of
3.10commercial or industrial uses that are allowed in specific locations.
3.11 APPLICATION.This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
3.12Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
3.13 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.865, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
3.14 Subd. 3.Amendments.If an official control conflicts with a comprehensive plan as the
3.15result of an amendment to the plan, the official control shall be amended by the unit within
3.16nine months following the amendment to the plan so as to not conflict with the amended
3.17comprehensive plan. If a development application is submitted that is not in conflict with
3.18the comprehensive plan, the unit must process the application in accordance with section
3.1915.99.
3.20 APPLICATION.This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
3.21Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
3.22 Sec. 5. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.
3.23 The Metropolitan Council must review and amend as appropriate its Metropolitan
3.24Development Guide, policy plans, and system statements to make them consistent with the
3.25effect of the repeal of the special laws in section 6.
3.26 EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.This section is effective the day following
3.27final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
3.28Scott, and Washington.
3.29 Sec. 6. REPEALER.
3.30 Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 3, article 3, section 126; and Laws 2018, chapter
3.31214, article 2, section 46, are repealed.
3Sec. 6.
REVISOR MS/HL 25-0170201/06/25 4.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
4Sec. 6.
REVISOR MS/HL 25-0170201/06/25 Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 3, article 3, section 126
Sec. 126. OAK GROVE; COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
Subdivision 1.Oak Grove.Notwithstanding any law, metropolitan system plan, the 2015 system
statement for the city of Oak Grove, or administrative law judge's decision to the contrary, the area
of the city that was the subject of the administrative law judge's decision in OAH 5-2106-33226,
dated May 10, 2016, is designated "rural residential" for the purposes of the city's comprehensive
plan update.
Subd. 2.Metropolitan Council.The Metropolitan Council shall conform its metropolitan
development guide, system plans, and the system statement for the city of Oak Grove to accommodate
the provisions in subdivision 1.
EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day after the governing body of the city of
Oak Grove and its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes,
section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3. This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 2, section 46
Sec. 46. NOWTHEN; COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
Notwithstanding any law, metropolitan system plan, or the 2015 system statement for the city
of Nowthen, the Metropolitan Council shall conform its metropolitan development guide, system
plans, and the system statement for the city of Nowthen to implement any changes requested by
the city of Nowthen relating to the council's designation of part or all of the city for purposes of
the metropolitan development guide, systems plans and statements, and the city's comprehensive
plan.
EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.This section is effective the day after the governing
body of the city of Nowthen and its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3. This section applies in the counties of
Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
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Repealed Minnesota Session Laws: 25-01702