#16 - Retention of City Zoning Authority

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SF1370 REVISOR JSK S1370-1 1st Engrossment Sec. 8. 6 6.1 (d) A municipality that does not approve a project under section 462.358, subdivision 6.2 2a, must provide the applicant with written justification and reasons for the disapproval 6.3 within seven days of the disapproval. Where insufficient infrastructure is the reason for 6.4 disapproval, a municipality must include credentialed evidence in the written justification. 6.5 Subd. 6. State Building Code; State Fire Code. This section is subject to the 6.6 requirements under the State Building Code under chapter 326B and the State Fire Code 6.7 under chapter 299F. 6.8 Sec. 8. [462.3575] MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES AND ASSOCIATED 6.9 REQUIREMENTS. 6.10 Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 6.11 the meanings given. 6.12 (b) "Accessory dwelling unit" means a smaller, independent residential dwelling unit 6.13 located on the same lot as a dwelling. An accessory dwelling unit may be attached or detached 6.14 from the existing dwelling. Accessory dwelling unit does not include sacred communities 6.15 and micro-unit dwellings under section 327.30 and temporary family health care dwellings 6.16 under section 462.3593. 6.17 (c) "Affordable housing" means a residential dwelling unit affordable to households at 6.18 or below 115 percent of the area median household income, for an owner-occupied unit, or 6.19 at or below 60 percent of the area median household income, for a unit that is leased. The 6.20 deed or declaration for the unit must also contain a restrictive covenant requiring the property 6.21 to remain affordable housing for at least ten years if the unit is owner-occupied, or at least 6.22 30 years if the unit is leased. 6.23 (d) "All-electric and efficient home" means a residential dwelling unit that utilizes 6.24 electricity or a combination of electricity and thermal energy as its sole source of energy 6.25 for heating, hot water heating, cooling, and appliances and meets the most current minimum 6.26 efficiency standards of a zero energy ready home under the Zero Energy Ready Home 6.27 Program administered by United States Department of Energy. 6.28 (e) "Cottage housing" means residential dwelling units on a lot with a common open 6.29 space that either: 6.30 (1) is owned in common; or 6.31 (2) has units owned as condominium units with property owned in common and a 6.32 minimum of 20 percent of the lot size as open space.