The board has the power and authority to prepare and adopt by ordinance, a comprehensive plan. A comprehensive plan or plans when adopted by ordinance must be the basis for official controls adopted under the provisions of sections 394.21 to 394.37. The commissioner of natural resources must provide the natural heritage data from the county biological survey, if available, to each county for use in the comprehensive plan. When adopting or updating the comprehensive plan, the board must, if the data is available to the county, consider natural heritage data resulting from the county biological survey. In a county that is not a greater than 80 percent area, as defined in section 103G.005, subdivision 10b, the board must consider adopting goals and objectives that will protect open space and the environment. The board must consider the location and dimensions of airport safety zones in any portion of the county, and of any airport improvements, identified in the airport's most recent approved airport layout plan.
1959 c 559 s 3; 1974 c 571 s 8; 1997 c 202 art 4 s 4; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 153; 2008 c 297 art 1 s 56; 1Sp2019 c 3 art 3 s 105
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities
Chapter 394 — Planning, Development, Zoning
Section 394.21 — Authority To Carry On County Planning And Zoning.
Section 394.23 — Comprehensive Plan.
Section 394.231 — Comprehensive Plans In Greater Minnesota; Open Space.
Section 394.232 — Community-based Planning.
Section 394.235 — May Make Applicant Certify That Taxes Are Paid.
Section 394.24 — Official Controls.
Section 394.25 — Forms Of Control.
Section 394.26 — Public Hearings.
Section 394.27 — Creation And Duties Of Board Of Adjustment.
Section 394.28 — Appropriation For Planning Activity.
Section 394.29 — May Employ Director And Staff.
Section 394.30 — County Board's Planning Commission.
Section 394.301 — Conditional Use Permits.
Section 394.303 — Interim Uses.
Section 394.305 — Notice Of Residential Development On Agricultural Land.
Section 394.307 — Temporary Family Health Care Dwellings.
Section 394.312 — Relation To Other County Authority.
Section 394.32 — Cooperation With Municipalities.
Section 394.34 — Interim Zoning.
Section 394.35 — Recording With County Recorder.
Section 394.36 — Nonconformities.
Section 394.361 — Official Map.