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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. Stat. §462.358subd. <br />3b. <br />See Section V Subdivision <br />ordinance administration. <br />Sample PreliminaryPlat <br />Approval Process Ordinance <br />Excerpt. <br />Sample Final Plat Approval <br />Process Ordinance Excerpt. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.358 subd. <br />3a. Minn. Stat. § 505.01 subd <br />3 (f). <br />See Section V- I Platting <br />requirements. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.358 subd. <br />6. <br />See Section V -G Variances. <br />Sample Design Guidelines <br />Ordinance Excerpt. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.358 subd. <br />2b(a). <br />See Section VII Land <br />dedicationforpublic <br />facilities. <br />Sample land dedication <br />language. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.358 subd. <br />2b(c). <br />See Section VII -A Cash fees <br />in lieu of land dedication. <br />Sample park dedication <br />ordinance. <br />3. Preliminary/final plat approval process <br />Cities must establish a process for review of subdivision applications in the <br />ordinance. Most cities have a two-part process involving preliminary <br />approval and final approval. However, state law does permit cities to <br />combine these two approval processes. <br />4. Platting <br />A plat is a scale drawing of one or more parcels of land that shows the <br />location and boundaries of the parcels' lots, blocks, parks, road, and other <br />significant features. Cities may require that all subdivision of land be platted <br />and must require the platting of larger subdivisions. <br />5. Variances <br />Similar to zoning, cities may issue variances from their subdivision <br />ordinance. Cities may issue variances where an unusual hardship related to <br />the land exists. If a city wishes to allow variances, the process and criteria <br />must be established in the local ordinance. State statute does not set a <br />standard for issuing variances. <br />6. Design guidelines <br />Design guidelines in a subdivision ordinance allow a city to set community <br />standards for issues such as street lighting, street design and width, drainage, <br />and lot sizes and arrangement. <br />7. Land dedication <br />Cities may by ordinance require that developers dedicate a reasonable <br />portion of land within the development to public use for such things as <br />streets, utilities, drainage, and parks and recreational facilities. <br />a. Park dedication fees <br />In lieu of dedication of land for park, recreational, and open space purposes, <br />cities may require developers to pay to the city cash fees. The city must use <br />the cash fees only to acquire recreational, park, or open space land off-site <br />from the development. The fees cannot be used for ongoing maintenance. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 4/15/2014 <br />Subdivision Guide for aties Page 6 <br />