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METROPOLITAN AGRICULTURAL PRESERVES 47311.18 473H.17 LAND USE. Subdivision I. Land within an agricultural preserve shall be maintained for agri- cultural production. The average maximum density of residential structures within an agricultural preserve shall not exceed one unit per 40 acres. The location of any new structure shall conform to locally applicable zoning regulations. Commercial and industrial uses shall not be permitted except as provided in subdivision 2 after the user is issued a permit by the authority. The authority shall be responsible for enforcing this section. Subd, la. Allowed commercial and industrial operations. (a) Commercial and industrial operations are not allowed on land within an agricultural preserve except: (1) small on -farm commercial or industrial operations normally associated with and important to farming in the agricultural preserve area; (2) storage use of existing farm buildings that does not disrupt the integrity of the agricultural preserve; and (3) small commercial use of existing farm buildings for trades not disruptive to the integrity of the agricultural preserve such as a carpentry shop, small scale mechanics shop, and similar activities that a farm operator might conduct. (b) "Existing" in paragraph (a), clauses (2) and (3), means existing on August 1, 1987.) Subd. 2. Density restriction after subdivision. When a separate parcel is created for a residential structure, commercial, or industrial use permitted under subdivision 1, the parcel shall cease to be an agricultural preserve unless the eligibility requirements of section 473H.03 are met. However, the separate parcel shall remain under the maxi- mum residential density restrictions in effect for the original preserve at the time it was placed into the preserve until the agricultural preserve status for the original parcel ends. History: 1980 c 566 s 17; 1987 c 396 art 7 s 5.7 473H.18 TRANSFER FROM AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY TAX LAW TREAT- MENT. When land which has been receiving the special agricultural valuation and tax deferment provided in section 273.111 becomes an agricultural preserve pursuant to sections 473H.02 to 473H.17, the recapture of deferred tax and special assessments, as provided in section 273.111, subdivisions 9 and 11, shall not be made. Special assess- ments deferred under section 273.111, at the date of commencement of the preserve, shall continue to be deferred for the duration of the preserve. All special assessments so deferred shall be payable within 90 days of the date of expiration unless other terms are mutually agreed upon by the authority and the owner. In the event of early termina- tion of a preserve or a portion of it under section 473H.09, all special assessments accruing to the terminated portion plus interest shall be payable within 90 days of the date of termination unless otherwise deferred or abated by executive order of the gover- nor. In the event of a taking under section 473H.15 all special assessments accruing to the taken portion plus interest shall be payable within 90 days of the date the final certif- icate is filed with the court administrator of district court in accordance with section 117.205. History: 1982 c 523 art 32 s 14; ISp1986 c 3 art I s 82