Bill Text: MN SF2960 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Urban riverfront model ordinance metropolitan council development requirement
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-08 - Referred to State and Local Government [SF2960 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2960-Introduced.html
1.2relating to metropolitan government; requiring development of a model
1.3ordinance and a building code for urban riverfronts.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. URBAN RIVERFRONT MODEL ORDINANCE.
1.6 Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of sections 1 to 3, the term "local unit of
1.7government" means a county, home rule charter or statutory city, town, watershed district,
1.8or soil and water conservation district, that is located within the metropolitan area as
1.9defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
1.10 Subd. 2. Model ordinance; Metropolitan Council. The Metropolitan Council must
1.11develop a model ordinance to guide sustainable development and redevelopment along
1.12riverfronts in the metropolitan area in a maximum of 25 percent of the riverfront of a local
1.13unit of government. The model ordinance must specify the technical and administrative
1.14procedures to be used in the development of the riverfront of the local unit of government.
1.15When adopted by a local unit of government, the model ordinance is the minimum
1.16regulation to guide urban riverfront development. Upon completion of the model
1.17ordinance, the Metropolitan Council shall notify local units of government that the model
1.18ordinance is available, and must distribute it to a local unit of government upon request.
1.19 Subd. 3. Procedures. In developing the model ordinance in subdivision 2, the
1.20Metropolitan Council must:
1.21(1) consult and utilize the report "Connecting with Minnesota's Urban Rivers"
1.22prepared under Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 11;
2.1(2) review the waterfront development results in urban areas outside of Minnesota
2.2and the United States that connect central business districts and integrate appropriate
2.3features of those areas into the model zoning ordinance and building code;
2.4(3) to the extent applicable, comply with laws and rules relating to: (i) shoreland
2.5management under sections 103F.201 to 103F.227; (ii) floodplain management under
2.6sections 103F.105 to 103F.155; (iii) metropolitan land planning under sections 473.851
2.7to 473.871; (iv) wild and scenic rivers act under sections 103F.305 to 103F.345; (v)
2.8critical areas acts under sections 116G.01 to 116G.151; (vi) metropolitan surface
2.9water management programs under sections 103B.205 to 103B.255; (vii) storm water
2.10management plans under Minnesota Rules, chapter 6120; and local water planning and
2.11management laws; and
2.12(4) if necessary, with the commissioner of administration, recommend to the
2.13legislature appropriate amendments to existing law to allow the model ordinance and
2.14building code to be implemented.
2.15 Sec. 2. URBAN RIVERFRONT BUILDING CODE.
2.16 Subdivision 1. Building code. Upon completion of the model ordinance by the
2.17Metropolitan Council under section 1, the commissioner of administration must identify
2.18any building code changes necessary for implementation of urban riverfront development
2.19under the model ordinance and adopt an urban riverfront building code for construction
2.20within local units of government, including floodplain areas. The building code must
2.21address construction of residential, recreational, and commercial structures up to the
2.22water's edge that complies with regulations of the Federal Emergency Management
2.23Administration and the Army Corps of Engineers.
2.24 Subd. 2. Procedure. The requirements of section 1, subdivision 3, clauses (1) to
2.25(4), apply to the development of the building code required under this section.
2.26 Sec. 3. MODEL LEASE.
2.27The Metropolitan Council must draft a model lease for use by local units of
2.28government to allow private entities to provide retail goods and services, such as
2.29restaurants and shopping, on government-owned land.
2.30 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY.
2.31Sections 1 and 3 apply in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
2.32Scott, and Washington.
1.3ordinance and a building code for urban riverfronts.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. URBAN RIVERFRONT MODEL ORDINANCE.
1.6 Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of sections 1 to 3, the term "local unit of
1.7government" means a county, home rule charter or statutory city, town, watershed district,
1.8or soil and water conservation district, that is located within the metropolitan area as
1.9defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
1.10 Subd. 2. Model ordinance; Metropolitan Council. The Metropolitan Council must
1.11develop a model ordinance to guide sustainable development and redevelopment along
1.12riverfronts in the metropolitan area in a maximum of 25 percent of the riverfront of a local
1.13unit of government. The model ordinance must specify the technical and administrative
1.14procedures to be used in the development of the riverfront of the local unit of government.
1.15When adopted by a local unit of government, the model ordinance is the minimum
1.16regulation to guide urban riverfront development. Upon completion of the model
1.17ordinance, the Metropolitan Council shall notify local units of government that the model
1.18ordinance is available, and must distribute it to a local unit of government upon request.
1.19 Subd. 3. Procedures. In developing the model ordinance in subdivision 2, the
1.20Metropolitan Council must:
1.21(1) consult and utilize the report "Connecting with Minnesota's Urban Rivers"
1.22prepared under Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 11;
2.1(2) review the waterfront development results in urban areas outside of Minnesota
2.2and the United States that connect central business districts and integrate appropriate
2.3features of those areas into the model zoning ordinance and building code;
2.4(3) to the extent applicable, comply with laws and rules relating to: (i) shoreland
2.5management under sections 103F.201 to 103F.227; (ii) floodplain management under
2.6sections 103F.105 to 103F.155; (iii) metropolitan land planning under sections 473.851
2.7to 473.871; (iv) wild and scenic rivers act under sections 103F.305 to 103F.345; (v)
2.8critical areas acts under sections 116G.01 to 116G.151; (vi) metropolitan surface
2.9water management programs under sections 103B.205 to 103B.255; (vii) storm water
2.10management plans under Minnesota Rules, chapter 6120; and local water planning and
2.11management laws; and
2.12(4) if necessary, with the commissioner of administration, recommend to the
2.13legislature appropriate amendments to existing law to allow the model ordinance and
2.14building code to be implemented.
2.15 Sec. 2. URBAN RIVERFRONT BUILDING CODE.
2.16 Subdivision 1. Building code. Upon completion of the model ordinance by the
2.17Metropolitan Council under section 1, the commissioner of administration must identify
2.18any building code changes necessary for implementation of urban riverfront development
2.19under the model ordinance and adopt an urban riverfront building code for construction
2.20within local units of government, including floodplain areas. The building code must
2.21address construction of residential, recreational, and commercial structures up to the
2.22water's edge that complies with regulations of the Federal Emergency Management
2.23Administration and the Army Corps of Engineers.
2.24 Subd. 2. Procedure. The requirements of section 1, subdivision 3, clauses (1) to
2.25(4), apply to the development of the building code required under this section.
2.26 Sec. 3. MODEL LEASE.
2.27The Metropolitan Council must draft a model lease for use by local units of
2.28government to allow private entities to provide retail goods and services, such as
2.29restaurants and shopping, on government-owned land.
2.30 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY.
2.31Sections 1 and 3 apply in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
2.32Scott, and Washington.
