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<br />. e) V oting Requirements. Adoption and amendment of a <br /> comprehensive plan by a municipality requires a favorable <br /> vote by two-thirds of all of the members of the governing <br /> body. <br /> f) Referendum. The Minnesota Court of Appeals has held the <br /> Legislature, through the Municipal Planning Act and the <br /> Metropolitan Land Planning Act, has evinced its intent to <br /> occupy the field of the process by which municipal land use <br /> and development laws are finally approved or disapproved. <br /> Therefore, Municipal Charter referendum authority is pre- <br /> empted by these state laws. Nordmarken v Richfield 641 <br />. N.W.2d343 (Minn. App., 2002). <br /> g) State and Regional Approval. Municipalities located in the <br /> <br />Twin Cities metropolitan area must submit all <br /> <br />comprehensive plans and proposed amendments thereto to <br /> <br /> <br />the Metropolitan Council for review and approval. Minn. <br /> <br />Stat. 9473.175 subd. 1. Municipalities can be required to <br /> <br /> <br />modify their comprehensive plan to conform to <br /> <br /> <br />Metropolitan Council regional plans. City of Lake Elmo v. <br /> <br />Metropolitan Council 674 N.W.2d191 (Minn. App., 2003), <br /> <br />affirmed, 2004 W. L. 1748935 (Minn., 2004). Counties <br /> <br /> <br />must submit proposed county and regional plans to the <br /> <br />. <br />