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• <br /> PART IV <br /> REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT FUNCTIONS OF CITIES <br /> CHAPTER 15: COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, LAND USE AND CITY-OWNED <br /> LAND <br /> I. State policy behind municipal planning.......................................................................................................4 <br /> A. Resources for planning.............................................................................................................................4 <br /> B. LMCIT land use defense coverage...........................................................................................................4 <br /> II. Municipal authority to plan..........................................................................................................................5 <br /> III. Organization for planning.............................................................................................................................5 <br /> A. Board of adjustments and appeals............................................................................................................5 <br /> B. Preparation,adoption, and amendment of comprehensive plans..............................................................6 <br /> C. Community-based planning......................................................................................................................8 <br /> • D. Planning agency or commission duties ....................................................................................................8 <br /> IV. Executing and implementing the comprehensive plan...............................................................................10 <br /> V. Zoning........................................................................................................................................................11 <br /> A. Zoning ordinance adoption procedures..................................................................................................11 <br /> B. Rezoning.................................................................................................................................................13 <br /> C. Extra-territorial zoning powers...............................................................................................................14 <br /> D. Zoning in floodplains,shorelands, and wetlands ...................................................................................14 <br /> VI. The 60-day rule..........................................................................................................................................15 <br /> VII. Variances from the zoning ordinance.........................................................................................................18 <br /> VIII. Permitted, accessory,and conditional uses................................................................................................19 <br /> A. Permitted uses.........................................................................................................................................19 <br /> B. Accessory uses........................................................................................................................................20 <br /> C. Conditional uses.....................................................................................................................................20 <br /> IX. Non-conforming uses.................................................................................................................................21 <br /> X. The"takings"issue.....................................................................................................................................23 <br /> • A The general law .....................................................................................................23 <br /> HANDBOOK FOR MINNESOTA CITIES 15-1 <br /> This chapter last revised 12/15/2004 <br />