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Ch. 490 72nd LEGISLATURE
<br />hours of operation and other aesthetic performance characteristics including
<br />but not limited to noise, heat, glare, vibrations and smoke; the area
<br />required to provide for off street loading and parking facilities; heights of
<br />trees and structures near airports; and to avoid too great concentration or
<br />scattering of the population. All such provisions shall be uniform for each
<br />class of land or building throughout each district, but the provisions in one
<br />district may differ from those in other districts. No provision may prohibit
<br />earth sheltered construction as defined in section 116H.02, subdivision 3, of
<br />manufactured homes built in conformance with sections 327.31 to 327.35
<br />that eempliee comply with all other zoning ordinances promulgated pursuant
<br />to this section. •
<br />Sec. 2. Minnesota. Statutes 1980, Section 462.357, Subdivision 1, is
<br />amended to read:
<br />Subdivision 1. Authority for zoning. For the purpose of promoting the
<br />public health, safety, morals and general welfare, a municipality may by
<br />ordinance regulate the location, height, width, bulk, type of foundation,
<br />number of stories, size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of
<br />lot which may be occupied, the size of yards and other open spaces, the
<br />density and distribution of population, the uses of buildings and structures
<br />for trade, industry, residence, recreation, public activities, or other purposes,
<br />and the uses of land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture,
<br />forestry, soil conservation, water supply conservation, conservation of shore -
<br />lands, as defined in section 105.485, access to direct sunlight for solar energy
<br />systems as defined in section 11614.02, flood control or other purposes, and
<br />may establish standards and procedures regulating such uses. No regula-
<br />tion may prohibit earth sheltered construction as defined in section 11611.02,
<br />subdivision 3, or manufactured homes built in conformance with sections
<br />327.31 to 327.35 that complies comply with all other zoning ordinances
<br />promulgated pursuant to this section. The regulations may divide the
<br />municipality into districts or zones of suitable numbers, shape and area.
<br />The regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings,
<br />structures or land and for each class or kind of use throughout such district,
<br />but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.
<br />The ordinance embodying these regulations shall be known as the zoning
<br />ordinance and shall consist of text and maps. A city may by ordinance
<br />e?tend the application of its zoning regulations to unincorporated territory
<br />heated within two miles of its limits in any direction, but not in a county or
<br />town which has adopted zoning regulations; provided that where two or
<br />more noncontiguous municipalities have boundaries less than four miles
<br />apart, each is authorized to control the zoning of land on its side of a line
<br />equidistaut between the two noncontiguous municipalities unless a town or
<br />county in the affected area has adopted zoning regulations. Any city may
<br />thereafter enforce such regulations in the area to the same extent as if such
<br />property were situated within its corporate limits, until the county or town
<br />board adopts a comprehensive zoning regulation which includes the area.
<br />Approved March 19, 1982.
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