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1 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2010 103B_235 103B.235 LOCAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS. Subdivision L Requirement. (a) After the watershed plan is approved and adopted, or amended, pursuant to section 103B.231, the local government units having land use planning and regulatory responsibility for territory within the watershed shall prepare or cause to be prepared a local water management plan, capital improvement program, and official controls as necessary to bring local water management into conformance with the watershed plan within the time period prescribed in the implementation program of the watershed plan and, as necessary, shall prepare or cause to be prepared amendments to the local comprehensive plan. (b) Each town within the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Scott, and Washington authorized by general or special law to plan and regulate the use of land under sections 462.351 to 462.364 shall by resolution determine whether to prepare the local water management plan itself or to delegate all or part of the preparation of the plan to the county. (c) Towns within counties that have adopted comprehensive plans applicable to the town must use county preparation of their plan to the maximum extent possible. Subd. 2. Contents. (a) Each Local plan, in the degree of detail required in the watershed plan, shall: (1) describe existing and proposed physical environment and land use; (2) define drainage areas and the volumes, rates, and paths of storm water runoff; (3) identify areas and elevations for storm water storage adequate to meet performance standards established in the watershed plan; (4) define water quality and water quality protection methods adequate to meet performance standards established in the watershed plan; (5) identify regulated areas; and (6) set forth an implementation program, including a description of official controls and, as appropriate, a capital improvement program. (b) The Board of Water and Soil Resources shall adopt rules establishing minimum local plan standards and a model environmental management ordinance for use by local government units in implementing local water plans. The standards apply to plan amendments made to conform to changes in the watershed plans that are adopted under the board rules required by section 103B.231, subdivision 6. Subd. 3. Review. After consideration but before adoption by the governing body, each local unit shall submit its water management plan to the watershed management organization for review for consistency with the watershed plan adopted pursuant to section 103B.231. If the county or counties having territory within the local unit have a state - approved and locally adopted groundwater plan, the local unit shall submit its plan to the county or counties for review. The county or counties have 45 days to review and comment on the plan. The organization shall approve or disapprove the local plan or parts of the plan. The organization shall have 60 days to complete its review; provided, however, that the watershed management organization shall, as part of its review, take into account the comments submitted to it by the Metropolitan Council pursuant to subdivision 3a. If the organization fails to complete its review within the prescribed period, the local plan shall be deemed approved unless an extension is agreed to by the local unit. Copyright © 2010 by the Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. A11 Rights Reserved.