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Implementation <br />The Metropolitan Council requires that <br />comprehensive plans include a description of <br />all public programs, fiscal devices, and other <br />actions that communities will use to implement <br />their plans. <br />This implementation section is a companion to the <br />other required sections in our Hennepin County <br />comprehensive plan. While each of the other sections <br />describes what the county intends to do, the <br />implementation section describes how the county will <br />use its official controls, primary county funding sources, <br />and capital improvement program to carry out the <br />work. Implementation includes: <br />• Official controls: Related ordinances, fiscal <br />devices and other actions the county uses to <br />implement the comprehensive plan. <br />• Primary county funding sources: Wheelage tax, <br />property tax, and sales and use transportation <br />tax <br />• Capital Improvement Program (CIP): The <br />county's plan for investments in capital <br />improvement <br />Official controls <br />Ordinance 19 <br />Hennepin County Ordinance 19 adopts Minnesota <br />Rules Chapter 7080, which governs individual sewage <br />treatment systems (less than 10,000 gallons/day) and <br />describes the authority of the types of septic systems <br />the county regulates. The ordinance was last amended <br />in 2014 to reflect the changes in Minnesota Rules <br />Chapters 7080-7084. <br />Ordinance 22 <br />Hennepin County Ordinance 22 was adopted by the <br />Hennepin County Board of Commissioners on <br />November 14, 2000. Hennepin County holds the rights - <br />of -way within its geographical boundaries as an asset in <br />trust for its citizens. Under Minnesota law, the county is <br />to manage the use of the right-of-way and other uses <br />for public purposes, including use by public utilities. <br />To provide for the health, safety, and well-being of its <br />citizens and to ensure the structural integrity of its roads <br />and the appropriate use of rights -of -way, the county <br />strives to keep its rights -of -way in a state of good repair <br />and free from unnecessary encumbrances. <br />County funding sources <br />Wheelage tax <br />Minnesota statutes (MS 163.051 subd. 1) allow a county <br />to impose a wheelage tax on each motor vehicle <br />housed in its jurisdiction. The statute requires that <br />revenues from the tax be used for road and bridge <br />projects. Hennepin County passed resolution 13- <br />0248R1, which established the Hennepin County <br />wheelage tax with funding to be focused on <br />preservation, efficiency, safety, and modernization. <br />Hennepin County property tax <br />Hennepin County uses property tax to fund items that <br />are ineligible for other funding, examples being <br />feasibility studies or burial of power lines. <br />1 <br />