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RELEVANT LINKS:
<br />See Handbook, Chapter 14
<br />for more information on city
<br />subdivision ordinances.
<br />Minn. Stat. § 462.358, subd.
<br />2b.
<br />Minn. Stat. § 462.353, subd.
<br />4.
<br />Minn. Stat. § 462.353, subd.
<br />4.
<br />See LMC information memo,
<br />Subdivision Guide for Cities.
<br />Minn. Stat. § 505.01, subd.
<br />3(f).
<br />Cities have the authority to adopt a subdivision ordinance setting out the
<br />standards, requirements and procedures to review, approve or disapprove an
<br />application to subdivide tracts of land in the city.
<br />Cities have the authority to require, as part of the subdivision regulations,
<br />that a reasonable portion of buildable land in any proposed subdivision be
<br />dedicated to the public or preserved for public use as some or all of the
<br />following:
<br />• Streets, roads.
<br />• Sewers.
<br />• Electric, gas, and water facilities.
<br />• Stormwater drainage and holding areas or ponds and similar utilities and
<br />improvements.
<br />• Parks, recreational facilities, playgrounds, trails.
<br />• Wetlands.
<br />• Open space.
<br />In the alternative, city ordinance may require money instead of land; state
<br />law refers to this as "cash fees."
<br />Subdivision regulations may be as extensive as city zoning regulations.
<br />Subdivision regulations, in addition to the dedication requirements discussed
<br />above, may address:
<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 />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 1/20/2015
<br />Zoning Guide for Cities Page 43
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