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Resources
Handbook for Minnesota Cities Chapter 2: Change of Boundaries, Status, and Name
Handbook ChapterLearn the procedures for incorporating, consolidating, and dissolving cities and the related procedures of concurrent annexation and detachment.
Published Jul 12, 2022.
Handbook for Minnesota Cities Chapter 15: Environmental Regulations
Handbook ChapterFind out about the most significant environmental regulations to help protect and improve your city’s natural resources.
Published Nov 9, 2021.
Subdivision Guide for Cities
Information MemoLearn the framework of municipal subdivision regulation, a basic building block in city land use and development plans.
Published Nov 2, 2021.
Handbook for Minnesota Cities Chapter 13: Comprehensive Planning, Land Use and City Owned Land
Handbook ChapterLearn about land use ordinances to establish zoning and subdivision regulations, and basics of city land acquisition.
Published Sep 17, 2021.
Land Use Ordinance Updates
Keep your land use ordinances up to date in key areas to avoid land use problems and claims.
Published Jun 15, 2021.
Taking the Mystery out of Findings of Fact
Explore how to create a written explanation of a land use decision to make defensible decisions.
Published Jun 14, 2021.
Sign Ordinances and the First Amendment
Design a sign ordinance for your city that meets First Amendment requirements for protecting various forms of speech.
Published Jun 14, 2021.
Land Use Variances
Learn about variances as a way cities may allow an exception to part of their zoning ordinance.
Published May 21, 2021.
Land Use Nonconformities
What a city can do about land uses or structures that don't comply with its current zoning ordinance.
Published May 21, 2021.
Land Use Conditional Use Permits
Learn the basics of conditional use permits (CUPs) in administering the city’s land use ordinances.
Published May 10, 2021.
