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:vinm :Sta( :~. -t62.35_<. ~unds -' <br /> <br />Joid :Vug~.~¢t i.".e~'.. /nc. ~' J,)' <br />,(.~k,,ncd/u. 30(/f WL <br />· Sg34g;L (.'~-01 - 7 ~ M fun Ct. <br /> ..~pp. lan 19.2001). <br /> <br />Mfnn Slat. ~ 473 .qS'g <br /> <br />Nhrm 5:tat ~5 4'73 175 <br /> <br />,'~,lep'o.t,'ohl~.;, t-.otltlo[. 5g <br />.,'4.W ':ti J IMm. 2004). <br /> <br />r~hnn 3tat fXo2.]57, subd. * :s <br />wilere the former language was <br />located <br /> <br />I*TL. t.('(_' r ('haa.t'o (')tmn' <br />P.d. ,:,f ,7,';... ',"r. 056 N.W.2d <br /> <br />5671Minn 2(, 3t <br /> <br />,, comprehensive plan, wi~ile n. ot required outside tl~e seven-county <br />metropolitan area. should be adopted before a zoning ordinance is adopted or <br />amended. A comprehensive plan is adopted and m]~ended by resoiutiori by a <br />two-thirds vote of all of the members of the council. A hearing must be heid <br />on the comprehensive plan. A notice of the time. place, and purpose of the <br />hearing must be published once in the official newspaper of the city at least <br />10 days before the day of the hearing. Failure to follow the statutory <br />procedures for the adoption of the plan invalidates the plan. <br /> <br />Under the Metropolitan Land Planning Act if a comprehensive municipal <br />plan in the metropolitan area conflicts with the zoning ordinance, the zoning <br />ordinance by law must'be brought into conformance with the plan. <br />Comprehe[~sive plans in the metropolitan area must be submitted to the <br />Metropolitan Council for review for compatibilit¢.' and conformity with <br />Metropolitan Council's regional system plans. When the Metropolitan <br />Council determines that a city's comprehensive land use plan may have a <br />subsantiaJ impact on or contain a substantial departure from the ~'letropolitan <br />Council's regional syste,'n plans, the Council has the statutors; authority., to <br />require the city to conform to the Council's system plans. <br /> <br />The Municipal Planning Act used to include t~,'mguage providing that if the <br />comprehensive plan conflicts with the zoning ordinance, the zoning <br />ordinance supersedes the plan. This language was repealed in 1997, so the <br />Act is now silent on the matter. A coun9' board of commissioners could not <br />deny a developer's appiicaion for preliminary plat approval based on the <br />comprehensive plan as the plan served only -as advisory guide [.or future <br />development. <br /> <br />A comprehensive plan can also assist with the coordination of other land use <br />programs, and can serve as a basis to defend the legality and administration <br />of zoning ordinances. For example, ifa council follows the tertns ora zoning <br />ordinance fha is based on a comprehensive plan. the council may deny <br />approval of a plat that is inconsistent with the plan and ordinance. <br />Additionally. a council may deny a request ['or re-zoning if it is inconsistent <br />with the comprehensive plan. Courts often seem reluctant to substitute their <br />judgment for that ora council when the council makes !and use decisions <br />consistent with a comprehensive plan. <br /> <br />I b\Nl)l'~{)Ok fi)fL MINNI:{;()'r,~, (:ITIES <br /> <br />-['l'n:-. ahaoter ;iisi re,.,tse0 '-~'2u/2004 <br /> <br />77 <br /> <br /> <br />