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<br />Beyond these provisions for zoning and subdivision, a city has no extraterritorial planning <br />authority on its own. <br /> <br />However, the statutes do provide for joint planning by a city and a town: <br /> <br />Upon request of a home rule charter or statutory city councilor county or town board by <br />resolution presented to the county auditor of the county of the affected territory a board <br />shall be established to exercise planning and land use control authority in the <br />unincorporated area within two miles of the corporate limits of a city. The board shall <br />have members in a number determined by the city, county, and town. Each <br />governmental unit shall have an equal number of members. The members shall be <br />appointed from the governing bodies of the city, county, and town.... The board shall <br />serve as the governing body and board of appeals and adjustments ...within the two-mile <br />area. The city shall provide staff for the preparation and administration of land use <br />controls unless otherwise agreed by the governmental units. <br /> <br />MN Stat 462.3585 <br /> <br />Essentially, a new governmental entity must be created, made up of members of the city <br />council, town board, and county board. This ')oint planning board" would be the <br />governing authority over the area in question, just as a city council governs a city or a <br />town board governs a town. <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />16' <br />