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Minn. Stat. § 394.32 (2026)

Cooperation With Municipalities

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Subdivision 1.By contract; fees.

The governing body of any municipality may contract with the board for planning and zoning services to be provided by the county, and the contract may provide that the municipality shall pay such fees as are agreed for the services performed.

Subd. 2.Joint planning.

The contract between the governing body of the municipality and the board may provide among other things for joint county-municipal planning activities, or it may designate the board as the planning agency for the municipality.

Subd. 3.Comprehensive plan; control enforcement.

The governing body of any municipality may request a county board to submit to such governing body a comprehensive plan for the municipality setting forth such provisions as the board deems applicable to the municipality and for its best interests, or to include the area within the municipality in a countywide comprehensive plan, or to prepare official controls to apply to the area within the municipality. Notwithstanding the adoption of the comprehensive plan and recommendations for the municipality the plan and recommendations shall not be binding until official controls are adopted by the municipality in accordance with the plan or until the county adopts official controls for the areas within the incorporated limits of the municipality when requested by the governing body of the municipality. After the county adopts official controls for areas within a municipality, the county shall enforce the controls unless the county and municipality provided otherwise by agreement. A municipality may at any time, by resolution of its governing body, take over planning functions, including adoption and enforcement of official controls, with respect to areas within its corporate limits for which a county has adopted official controls.

Subd. 4.

MS 1971 [Repealed, 1974 c 571 s 51]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1979–2004 · leading case: Scinocca v. St. Louis Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 281 N.W.2d 659 (Minn. 1979).
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Scinocca v. St. Louis Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 281 N.W.2d 659 (Minn. 1979). · cites it 3× “If a town does so contract, the county board would then be required by § 394.32, subd. 3, to enforce the town’s zoning ordinances.”
Haverhill Twp. v. Cnty. of Olmsted, 674 N.W.2d 781 (Minn. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 38× “ISSUE Is a township that adopts a resolution pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 394.32, subd. 3, to take over planning functions with respect to areas within the township for which a county has adopted official controls limited by Minn.”
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