| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to local government; authorizing emergency shelter facilities in certain |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 zoning districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.357, by adding |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 a subdivision. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.357, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 8a.Emergency shelter facilities.(a) For the purposes of this subdivision, |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9"emergency shelter facility" means a facility that provides a safe, sanitary, accessible, and |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10suitable emergency shelter for individuals, families, or both, experiencing homelessness, |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11regardless of whether the facility provides emergency shelter during the day, overnight, or |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12both. |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (b) An emergency shelter facility is a permitted use on any lot zoned for the development |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14of multifamily residential housing, commercial uses, or industrial uses. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (c) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to exclude an emergency shelter facility |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16from a lot zoned for uses other than multifamily residential housing, commercial uses, or |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17industrial uses, if otherwise permitted by a local zoning regulation. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 25-03127 as introduced02/03/25 REVISOR MS/LJ |
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| 20 | 20 | | SENATE |
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| 21 | 21 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 22 | 22 | | S.F. No. 1999NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: CLARK and Mohamed) |
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| 24 | 24 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | Introduction and first reading02/27/2025 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Referred to State and Local Government |
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