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RELEVANT LINKS:
<br />See LMC Information Memo,
<br />Subdivision Guide for Cities.
<br />Minn. Stat. § 505.01, subd.
<br />3(0.
<br />Minn. Stat. § 462.358, subd.
<br />3a.
<br />Minn. Stat. ch. 505.
<br />Minn. Stat. § 462.359.
<br />Minn. Stat. § 462.357, subd.
<br />1.
<br />For more information on the
<br />official map see Handbook,
<br />Chapter 14.
<br />Minn. Stat. § 462.359, subd.
<br />3.
<br />• The size, location, grading and improvement of lots, structures, public
<br />areas, streets, roads, trails, walkways, curbs, gutters, water supply, storm
<br />and drainage, lighting, sewers, electricity, gas and other utilities.
<br />• The planning and design of sites.
<br />• Access to solar energy.
<br />• The protection and conservation of floodplains, shore lands, soils, water,
<br />vegetation, energy, air quality, and geologic and ecologic features.
<br />• Consistency of the subdivision with the official map (if one exists) and
<br />other local controls such as zoning and the comprehensive plan (if one
<br />exists).
<br />Finally, subdivision regulations may require the installation of sewers,
<br />streets, electric, gas, drainage, water facilities and similar utilities and
<br />improvements.
<br />1. Platting requirements
<br />All platting is governed by the state Platting Act at Minn. Stat. ch. 505. A
<br />plat is a scale drawing of one or more existing parcels of land that depicts
<br />the location and boundaries of lots, blocks, outlots, parks, and public ways
<br />and other data required by the Platting Act.
<br />City subdivision regulations may require plats where any subdivision creates
<br />parcels, tracts, or lots. Cities must require plats if any subdivision creates
<br />five or more lots or parcels which are 2 -1/2 acres or less in size. City
<br />subdivision regulations must not conflict with state platting laws but may
<br />address the same or additional subjects.
<br />B. The official map
<br />Cities have authority to adopt an official map. As a planning tool, official
<br />maps ensure that land the city needs for street widening, street extensions,
<br />future streets, local airports and other public purposes will be available at
<br />basic land prices by reserving these areas on a map. The official map is not
<br />the map adopted with the city's comprehensive plan or zoning code.
<br />Official maps do not give a city any right to acquire the areas reserved on
<br />the map without payment. When the city is ready to proceed with the
<br />opening of a mapped street, the widening and extension of existing mapped
<br />streets, or acquisition for aviation purposes, it still must acquire the property
<br />by gift, purchase, or condemnation. It need not, however, pay for any
<br />building or other improvement erected on the land without a permit or in
<br />violation of the conditions of the permit.
<br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 9/10/2012
<br />Zoning Guide for Cities Page 45
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