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Land Use and Zoning-Legal Review Planning Commission Meeting May 13,2003 Page 2 • a) Initiation. The adoption or amendment of a comprehensive plan may be initiated by resolution of the governing body of the municipality or county,which is submitted to the city or county planning commission; or may be initiated by the planning commission itself by recommendation to the governing body. Affected property owners may also initiate a proposed comprehensive plan amendment. b) Elements of a comprehensive plan. Minn. Stat. § 473.859 sets forth in detail the elements of a comprehensive plan for metropolitan area communities. Minn. Stat. §462.357, subd 2(c) provides that in all other municipal comprehensive plans: (c)the land use plan must provide guidelines for the timing and sequence of the adoption of official controls to ensure planned, orderly and staged development and redevelopment consistent with the land use plan. c) Hearing. The planning commission is required to hold at least one public hearing on a proposed comprehensive plan or amendment thereto prior to adoption by the governing body of any such plan or amendment thereto. Notice of the time,place and purpose of the hearing must be published once in the official newspaper of the jurisdiction at least ten • days before the day of the hearing. Notice of a proposed county or regional plan must be provided to a number of state agencies, and coordination with surrounding counties and municipalities within the county is required. Minn. Stat. §894.232. d) Planning Commission Recommendation. The governing body of a city cannot adopt or amend a comprehensive plan until it has received the recommendation of the planning commission on the proposed plan or amendment thereto, or until sixty days have elapsed from the date the governing body proposed a plan or amendment to the planning commission. e) Voting Requirements. Adoption and amendment of a comprehensive plan by a municipality requires a favorable vote by two-thirds of all of the members of the governing body. f) State and Regional Approval. Municipalities located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area must submit all comprehensive plans and proposed amendments thereto to the Metropolitan Council for review and approval. Minn. Stat. §473.175 subd. 1. Counties must submit proposed county and regional plans to the State Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning for • review and approval. Minn. Stat. §394.232, Subd. 5.