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Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1980, Section 462.357, Subdivision 1, is amended to read: Subdivision 1. (AUTHORITY FOR ZONING.) For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, morals and general welfare, a municipality may by ordinance regulate the location, height, width, bulk, type of'foundation, number of stories, size of buildings and 'other structures, the percentage of lot Which may be occupied, the size yards open spaces, density of population, the uses of and other the and distribution of buildings and structures for trade, industry, residence, recreation, public activities, or other purposes, and the uses of land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, forestry, soil conservation, water supply conservation, conservation of shorelands, as defined in section 105.485, access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems as defined in section 116H.02, flood control or other purposes, and may establish standards and procedures regulating such uses. No regulation may prohibit earth sheltered construction as defined in section 116H.02, subdivision 3, or manufactured homes'built'in'conformance with sections 327.31 to 327.35 that eem'p~ c°mpl~'~h ali °'th~ zoning o~nances promuiga-te~ pursuant to this section. The regulations may divide the municipality into districts or zones of suitable numbers, shape and area. The regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings, structures or land and for each class or kind of use throughout such district, but the regulations in one district differ from those in other may districts. The ordinance embodying these regulations shall be known as the zoning- ordinance and shall consist of text and maps. A city may by ordinance extend the application of its zoning regulations to unincorporated territory located within two miles of its limits in any direction, but not in a county or town which has adopted zoning regulations; provided that where two or more noncontiguous municipali- ties have boundaries less than four miles apart, each is authorized to control the zoning of land on its side of a line equidistant between the two noncontiguous muni- cipalities unless a town or county in the affected area has adopted zoning regulations. Any city may thereafter enforce such regulations in the area to the same extent as if such situated within its limits, until the town property 'were corporate county or board adopts a comprehensive zoning regulation'which includes the area. 4115/82