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Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves — Minn. Stat. Ch. 473H (MN)

Tracked preemption from the Minnesota overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1980-04-25
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:MN
Other Minnesota preemptions
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Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

AND
  • city.is_in_twin_cities_metro_7county == True
  • parcel.has_agricultural_preserve_designation == True

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].allowed_usesrestrictagricultural_and_compatible_uses_only_during_8yr_minimum_covenantLand enrolled in a Metro Agricultural Preserve under Ch. 473H must be zoned 'long-term agricultural,' is restricted to agricultural/compatible uses, gets a property-tax cap, and benefits from limits on annexation, special assessments, and eminent domain during the covenant term.
review_typerequire8yr_expiration_notice_before_non_ag_useCovenant continues indefinitely until owner files an expiration notice; non-agricultural use is then prohibited for 8 additional years.

Citation

Authority source
Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves Act, Minn. Stat. Ch. 473H §§ 473H.02–473H.18 (metro); analogous greater-MN program under Minn. Stat. § 40A.01 et seq. (Agricultural Land Preservation)
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/473H

Research notes

Restricts intensification in the 7-county metro's exurban edge — primary participation in Dakota, Scott, Carver, Washington counties. Ch. 40A is the analogous outstate program (Agricultural Land Preservation, e.g., Olmsted, Wright, Sherburne counties). Captured at state-overlay scope with a metro-restricted trigger; outstate Ch. 40A handled in county profiles.