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MN SF4064
Bill
Status
3/5/2020
Primary Sponsor
Rich Draheim
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AI Summary
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Municipalities must not conflict official controls with comprehensive plans if they permit all uses allowed in the plan at permitted densities and prohibit only expressly prohibited uses.
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Creates new section 462.3575 prohibiting municipalities from requiring planned unit developments for residential projects, limiting design standard fees above state law requirements, mandating duplexes as permitted uses in single-family residential areas, and conditioning permits on non-State Building Code aesthetic requirements.
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Municipalities must require housing fiscal impact notes prior to public hearings on official control adoptions or amendments, estimating cost increases/decreases, long-range implications, alternatives, and rationale for changes.
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Limits park dedication requirements to 5 percent of fair market land value, restricts cash fees to acquisition and development only (not ongoing maintenance), prohibits subdivision denials based solely on inadequate park supply, and exempts previously subdivided property being resubdivided with same lot count.
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Applies conflict-of-plan standards to metropolitan areas in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington counties, with official controls complying if they permit comprehensive plan-designated uses at required densities.
Legislative Description
Planning and zoning controls that increase housing costs and limit availability of affordable housing limitation
Last Action
Referred to Local Government
3/5/2020