Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/20/2015 - Joint with EPB

Home

RELEVANT LINKS: Minn. Stat. § 462.358, subd. 3a. Minn. Stat. ch. 505. Minn. Stat. § 462.359. Minn. Stat. § 462.357, subd. 1. For more information on the official map see Handbook, Chapter 14. Minn. Stat. § 462.359, subd. 3. State Building Code. For more information on the State Building Code see Handbook, Chapter 13. Minn. Stat. § 326B.121. City subdivision regulations may require plats where any subdivision creates parcels, tracts, or lots. Cities must require plats if any subdivision creates five or more lots or parcels which are 2-1/2 acres or less in size. City subdivision regulations must not conflict with state platting laws but may address the same or additional subjects. B. The official map Cities have authority to adopt an official map. As a planning tool, official maps ensure that land the city needs for street widening, street extensions, future streets, local airports and other public purposes will be available at basic land prices by reserving these areas on a map. The official map is not the map adopted with the city's comprehensive plan or zoning code. Official maps do not give a city any right to acquire the areas reserved on the map without payment. When the city is ready to proceed with the opening of a mapped street, the widening and extension of existing mapped streets, or acquisition for aviation purposes, it still must acquire the property by gift, purchase, or condemnation. It need not, however, pay for any building or other improvement erected on the land without a permit or in violation of the conditions of the permit. C. Safety and maintenance codes In conjunction with the zoning requirements, cities may promote the city's development by enforcement of the State Building Code and local nuisance and/or property maintenance ordinances. All three types of regulation ensure that the structures allowed within zoning districts are well-maintained and safe for the public, by preventing and combating blight. 1. The State Building Code The State Building Code is a series of standards and specifications related to the type of building materials, spacing and other dimensions of building materials and structures designed to establish minimum safeguards in the construction of buildings, to protect the general public and people who live and work in them from fire and other hazards. The State Building Code is the standard that applies statewide for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other structures of the type governed by the code. The State Building Code supersedes the building code of any municipality. League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 1/20/2015 Zoning Guide for Cities Page 44