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

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5 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2014 462.358 including reasonable attorney fees, and an amount for punitive damages not exceeding five per centum of the purchase price of the land. Subd. 4b. Restrictions on fling and recording conveyances. (a) In a municipality in which subdivision regulations are in force and have been filed or recorded as provided in this section, no conveyance of land to which the regulations are applicable shall be filed or recorded, if the land is described in the conveyance by metes and bounds or by reference to an unapproved registered land survey made after April 21, 1961 or to an unapproved plat made after such regulations become effective. (b) The foregoing provision does not apply to a conveyance if the land described: (1) was a separate parcel of record April 1, 1945 or the date of adoption of subdivision regulations under Laws 1945, Chapter 287, whichever is the later, or of the adoption of subdivision regulations pursuant to a home rule charter, or (2) was the subject of a written agreement to convey entered into prior to such time, or (3) was a separate parcel of not less than 2-1/2 acres in area and 150 feet in width on January 1, 1966, or (4) was a separate parcel of not less than five acres in area and 300 feet in width on July 1, 1980, or (5) is a single parcel of commercial or industrial land of not less than five acres and having a width of not less than 300 feet and its conveyance does not result in the division of the parcel into two or more lots or parcels, any one of which is less than five acres in area or 300 feet in width, or (6) is a single parcel of residential or agricultural land of not less than 20 acres and having a width of not less than 500 feet and its conveyance does not result in the division of the parcel into two or more lots or parcels, any one of which is less than 20 acres in area or 500 feet in width. (c) In any case in which compliance with the foregoing restrictions will create an unnecessary hardship and failure to comply does not interfere with the purpose ofthe subdivision regulations, the platting authority may waive such compliance by adoption of a resolution to that effect and the conveyance may then be filed or recorded. (d) Any owner or agent of the owner of land who conveys a lot or parcel in violation of the provisions of this subdivision shall forfeit and pay to the municipality a penalty of not less than $100 for each lot or parcel so conveyed. (e) A municipality may enjoin such conveyance or may recover such penalty by a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. Subd. 5. Permits. Except as otherwise provided by this section all electric and gas distribution lines or piping, roadways, curbs, walks and other similar improvements shall be constructed only on a street, alley, or other public way or easement which is designated on an approved plat, or properly indicated on the official map of the municipality, or which has otherwise been approved by the governing body. When a municipality has adopted an official map, no permit for the erection of any building shall be issued unless the building is to be located upon a parcel of land abutting on a street or highway which has been designated upon an approved plat or on the official map or which has been otherwise approved by the governing body, and unless the buildings conform to the established building line. This limitation on issuing permits shall not apply to planned developments approved by the governing body pursuant to its zoning ordinance No permit shall be issued for the construction of a building on any lot or parcel conveyed in violation of the provisions of this section. Copyright © 2014 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved.