Minnesota Senate Bill SF1999 Latest Draft

                            1.1	A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to local government; authorizing emergency shelter facilities in certain​
1.3 zoning districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.357, by adding​
1.4 a subdivision.​
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 462.357, is amended by adding a subdivision​
1.7to read:​
1.8 Subd. 8a.Emergency shelter facilities.(a) For the purposes of this subdivision,​
1.9"emergency shelter facility" means a facility that provides a safe, sanitary, accessible, and​
1.10suitable emergency shelter for individuals, families, or both, experiencing homelessness,​
1.11regardless of whether the facility provides emergency shelter during the day, overnight, or​
1.12both.​
1.13 (b) An emergency shelter facility is a permitted use on any lot zoned for the development​
1.14of multifamily residential housing, commercial uses, or industrial uses.​
1.15 (c) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to exclude an emergency shelter facility​
1.16from a lot zoned for uses other than multifamily residential housing, commercial uses, or​
1.17industrial uses, if otherwise permitted by a local zoning regulation.​
1​Section 1.​
25-03127 as introduced​02/03/25 REVISOR MS/LJ​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 1999​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: CLARK and Mohamed)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​02/27/2025​
Referred to State and Local Government​