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SUSDIV!SIO!< REGULATIOt:S OUTLIt;E <br /> <br />Leaal Basis/Rational <br /> <br />State Planning Act (505) <br />Municipal Planning Act (462) <br />County Planning Act (394) <br />Minnesota Land Sales Practices Act <br /> <br />Uniform Condominium Act ($82) <br /> <br />Be sure to record bot~ Zoning and Subdivision Regulations <br />with the County Registrar of Deeds <br /> <br />DEFN/ <br /> <br />While convential zoning normally applies to individual lots, <br />subdivision regulations govern the process by which those <br />lots are created out of larger tracts <br /> <br />Back_around ·-: <br /> <br /> · Subdivision regulations originally created to simplify registration <br /> and transfer of land <br /> <br /> · More recently, courts have ruled that subdividing is a privilege <br /> not a right;therebythe state (through police power) passed through <br /> to local governmental bodies can appove/deny - alter conditions to <br /> proposed plat <br /> <br />,. Subdivision regulations have taken on more rules (1960's - lg80's} <br /> to overcome scrupulous develo~nents and unforeseen local improvements. <br /> <br />Subdivision regulations are as important, if not more, t~n zoning <br />regulations. O~earea has begun to develop, the "die is cast". <br />Subdivision regulations allow for better interaction with local <br />officials and prospective developers <br /> <br />II. Private/Public Concerns in Subdivision <br /> <br />.p,ri.yate Concerns (Residential, Commercial, Industrial) <br /> <br /> · Size and shape of the site for the uses capable to ~edeveloped <br /> in the market <br /> <br /> · Site location and proximi~to necessary public utilities <br /> <br /> . Natural amenities <br /> <br /> · Ease of development {"red-tape") <br /> <br /> . Necessary improvements to make site usable <br /> <br /> · Local regulations <br /> <br /> . Internal site design <br /> <br /> · Relating to existing or potential uses of abutting properties <br /> <br /> <br />