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Minnesota Session Laws 2004, Chapter 258 Page I of 2 <br /> Minnesota Session Laws <br /> Minnesota Session Laws - 2004 <br /> Key: languagc to be dcictcd...new language Change language enhancement display. <br /> Legislative history and Authors <br /> CHAPTER 258-S.F.No. 2274 <br /> An act relating to zoning; providing certain <br /> limitations on municipal interim ordinances and on <br /> nonconformities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, <br /> sections 462. 355, subdivision 4; 462. 357, subdivision <br /> le. <br /> BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: <br /> Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 462.355, <br /> subdivision 4, is amended to read: <br /> Subd. 4 . [INTERIM ORDINANCE. ] If a municipality is <br /> conducting studies or has authorized a study to be conducted or <br /> has held or has scheduled a hearing for the purpose of <br /> considering adoption or amendment of a comprehensive plan or <br /> official controls as defined in section 462. 352, subdivision 15, <br /> or if new territory for which plans or controls have not been <br /> adopted is annexed to a municipality, the governing body of the <br /> municipality may adopt an interim ordinance applicable to all or <br /> part of its jurisdiction for the purpose of protecting the <br /> planning process and the health, safety and welfare of its <br /> citizens. The interim ordinance may regulate, restrict or <br /> prohibit any use, development, or subdivision within the <br /> jurisdiction or a portion thereof for a period not to exceed one <br /> year from the date it is effective . The period of an <br /> interim ordinance applicable to an area that is affected by a <br /> city's master plan for a municipal airport may be extended for <br /> such additional periods as the municipality may deem <br /> appropriate, not exceeding a total additional period of 18 <br /> months in the case where the Minnesota Department of <br /> Transportation has requested a city to review its master plan <br /> for a municipal airport_prior to August 1, 2004 . In all other <br /> cases, no interim ordinance may halt, delay, or impede a <br /> subdivision which has been given preliminary approval, nor may <br /> any interim ordinance extend the time deadline for agency action <br /> set forth in section 15. 99 with respect to any application filed <br /> prior to the effective date of the interim ordinance. The <br /> governing body of the municipality may extend the interim <br /> ordinance after a_public hearing and written findings have been <br /> adopted based upon one or more of the conditions in clause (1) , <br /> (2) , or (3) . The public hearing must be held at least 15 days <br /> but not more than 30 days the expiration of the interim <br /> ordinance, and notice of the hearing must be published at least <br /> ten days before the hearing. The interim ordinance may be <br /> extended for the following conditions and durations, but, except <br /> as provided in clause (3) , an interim ordinance may not be <br /> extended more than an additional 18 months: <br /> (1) up to an additional 120 days following the receipt of <br /> the final approval or review by a federal, state, or <br /> http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/slaws/2004/c258.htm1 7/8/2004 <br />