Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

103F.175 AID FORMULA. Grants may be made by the Board of Water and Soil Resources to a local governmental unit for the purposes of sections 103F.171 to 103F.187 in an amount not to exceed 75 percent of the total cost of each project, including site acquisition, engineering, and c…

103F.177 OPERATION WITHIN AGENCY. § Subdivision 1.Board of Water and Soil Resources. The Board of Water and Soil Resources shall supervise the grant-in-aid pilot program pursuant to sections 103F.171 to 103F.187. § Subd. 2.Procedures and forms. The board shall devise procedures a…

103F.179 SELECTING PROJECTS. § Subdivision 1.Evaluating area and sites; federal cooperation. Before a grant is made, a priority system shall be devised for the selection of projects to receive the aid. The Board of Water and Soil Resources is the granting authority and shall coop…

103F.181 CONDITIONS FOR GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Local expression of willingness. The local unit of government shall apply for a grant by a resolution requesting state funding assistance for the construction of a floodwater retention or retarding structure within its jurisdiction.…

103F.183 APPROVED PROJECTS. § Subdivision 1.Contracts. When a proposed project is approved to receive a grant, the Board of Water and Soil Resources shall negotiate a contract with the local unit of government involved. The contract shall specify the terms of state and local coop…

103F.185 INTERSTATE COOPERATION. The Board of Water and Soil Resources and the staff engineer may enter into a working agreement with the South Dakota-Minnesota Boundary Waters Commission, or successor organization, in regard to flood retention and retarding structures constructe…

103F.187 REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. When the project has been in operation for a period of two years, the Board of Water and Soil Resources and the staff engineer shall prepare and deliver a report to the legislature on the program and its consequences with an evaluation of the feasi…

103F.201 REGULATORY PURPOSE OF SHORELAND DEVELOPMENT. To promote the policies in section 103A.201 and chapter 116, it is in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare to: (1) provide guidance for the wise development of shorelands of public waters and thus preserve an…

103F.205 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103F.201 to 103F.227. § Subd. 2.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources. § Subd. 3.Municipality. "Municipality" means a statutory or home rule c…

103F.211 MODEL STANDARDS AND CRITERIA. § Subdivision 1.Adoption. The commissioner shall adopt model standards and criteria for the subdivision, use, and development of shoreland in municipalities and areas outside of a municipality. The authority to adopt model standards and crit…

103F.215 MODEL ORDINANCE AS COUNTY ORDINANCE. § Subdivision 1.County ordinance failing to meet standards. The commissioner shall adapt the model ordinance to a county if, after notice and hearing as provided in section 103G.311, the commissioner finds that a county has failed to …

103F.221 MUNICIPAL SHORELAND MANAGEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner's review of ordinances. (a) A municipality having shoreland within its corporate boundaries must submit ordinances or rules affecting the use and development of its shorelands to the commissioner for review. Th…

103F.227 SHORELAND DEVELOPMENT; EXISTING RESORTS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. This section applies statewide and preempts local ordinances that are inconsistent with its terms. A county or municipality may by ordinance impose upon resorts reasonable regulations to prevent and …

103F.301 CITATION. Sections 103F.301 to 103F.345 may be cited as the "Minnesota Wild and Scenic Rivers Act." History: 1990 c 391 art 6 s 30

103F.305 SCENIC RIVER PROTECTION POLICY. The legislature finds that certain of Minnesota's rivers and their adjacent lands possess outstanding scenic, recreational, natural, historical, scientific and similar values. It is in the interest of present and future generations to reta…

103F.311 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103F.311 to 103F.345. § Subd. 2.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources. § Subd. 3.Free-flowing. "Free-flowing" means existing in natural condit…

103F.315 WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM. § Subdivision 1.Eligibility. An entire river or a segment of a river and adjacent lands in this state that possess outstanding scenic, recreational, natural, historical, scientific, or similar values are eligible for inclusion within the Mi…

103F.321 ADMINISTRATION AND RULES. § Subdivision 1.Administration. The commissioner shall administer the wild and scenic rivers system. The commissioner shall conduct studies, develop criteria for classification and designation of rivers, designate rivers for inclusion within the…

103F.325 DESIGNATION PROCEDURE. § Subdivision 1.Management plan. (a) For each river proposed to be included in the wild and scenic rivers system, the commissioner shall prepare a management plan, without unreasonable restrictions upon compatible, preexisting, economic uses of par…

103F.331 ACQUIRING AND DEVELOPING SYSTEM. § Subdivision 1.Acquisition authority. To implement the system, the commissioner may acquire the title, scenic easements, or other interests in land, by purchase, grant, gift, devise, exchange, lease, or other lawful means. § Subd. 2.Deve…

103F.335 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPLIANCE. § Subdivision 1.Compliant ordinances required. (a) Within six months after establishment of a wild, scenic, or recreational river system, each local governmental unit with jurisdiction over a portion of the system shall adopt or amend its ord…

103F.341 FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS. Sections 103F.301 to 103F.345 do not preclude a river in the state system from becoming a part of the federal wild and scenic rivers system as established in the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Public Law 90-542; United States Code, title 16, section…

103F.345 CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAWS. A river in the wild and scenic rivers system is subject to the provisions of sections 103F.301 to 103F.345, except that in case of conflict with some other law of this state the more protective provision shall apply. History: 1990 c 391 art 6 s …

103F.35 WELCH; GOODHUE COUNTY. Within the unincorporated area of Welch in Section 28, Township 113 North, Range 16 West, Goodhue County, in areas identified by Goodhue County as having mixed uses, mixed uses may be allowed with a conditional use permit if all other requirements o…

103F.351 LOWER ST. CROIX WILD AND SCENIC RIVER ACT. § Subdivision 1.Findings. The lower St. Croix River, between the dam near Taylors Falls and its confluence with the Mississippi River, constitutes a relatively undeveloped scenic and recreational asset lying close to the largest…

103F.361 FINDINGS AND INTENT. § Subdivision 1.Findings. The legislature finds that: (1) the Mississippi River from its outlet at Lake Itasca, Clearwater County, to the southerly boundary of Morrison County, Minnesota, possesses outstanding and unique natural, scientific, historic…

103F.363 APPLICABILITY. § Subdivision 1.Generally. Sections 103F.361 to 103F.377 apply to the counties of Clearwater, Hubbard, Beltrami, Cass, Itasca, Aitkin, Crow Wing, and Morrison and all other zoning authorities. § Subd. 2.Leech Lake Indian Reservation. Sections 103F.361 to 1…

103F.365 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103F.361 to 103F.377. § Subd. 2.Board. "Board" means the Mississippi Headwaters Board established under section 103F.367. § Subd. 3.Counties. "Counties" means the counties of Cl…

103F.367 MISSISSIPPI HEADWATERS BOARD. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Mississippi Headwaters Board established by the counties of Clearwater, Hubbard, Beltrami, Cass, Itasca, Aitkin, Crow Wing, and Morrison by agreement entered into on February 22, 1980, pursuant to section 4…

103F.369 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. § Subdivision 1.Implementation required. The plan shall be implemented by the board as provided in this section and section 103F.373. § Subd. 2.Minimum standards. The standards set forth in the plan are the minimum standards which may be adopted by t…

103F.371 RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL UNITS. (a) All local and special governmental units, councils, commissions, boards and districts and all state agencies and departments must exercise their powers so as to further the purposes of sections 103F.361 to 103F.377 and th…

103F.373 REVIEWING AND CERTIFYING LAND USE ACTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. To ensure that the plan is not nullified by unjustified exceptions in particular cases and to promote uniformity in the treatment of applications for exceptions, a review and certification procedure is e…

103F.375 INCORPORATION AND ANNEXATION; MORATORIUM. § Subdivision 1.Moratorium on certain activities. If land subject to the plan is annexed, incorporated, or otherwise subjected to the land use planning authority of a home rule charter or statutory city, a moratorium shall exist …

103F.377 BIENNIAL REPORT. During the first year of each biennial legislative session, the board shall prepare and present to the appropriate policy committees of the legislature a report concerning the actions of the board in exercising the authority granted by the legislature un…

103F.401 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103F.401 to 103F.455. § Subd. 2.Conservation plan. "Conservation plan" means a set of practices that will decrease soil erosion to the soil loss limits on a particular parcel of…

103F.405 SOIL LOSS ORDINANCES. § Subdivision 1.Authority. Each statutory or home rule charter city, town, or county that has planning and zoning authority under Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 366.10 to 366.181, or sections 394.21 to 394.37, or 462.351 to 462.365 is encouraged …

103F.411 MODEL ORDINANCE. § Subdivision 1.Authority. The Board of Water and Soil Resources, in consultation with counties, soil and water conservation districts, and other appropriate agencies, shall adopt a model ordinance and rules that serve as a guide for local governments to…

103F.415 EXCESSIVE SOIL LOSS PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Prohibited activities. A person may not cause, conduct, contract for, or authorize an activity that causes excessive soil loss. § Subd. 2.Agricultural land. A land occupier of agricultural land is not violating subdivision …

103F.421 ENFORCEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Complaint. (a) An adversely affected landowner, an elected or appointed official of the local government, or a soil and water conservation district board member may submit a written complaint to the local government if conditions exist that i…

103F.425 DISTRICT COURT HEARING. § Subdivision 1.Determining proper conservation plan. If the landowner and the local government do not agree to a mediated settlement or if the landowner has refused mediation, the county attorney may petition the district court for a hearing. The…

103F.431 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE. A landowner who has filed a mediated settlement under section 103F.421 or who has received a court order under section 103F.425 may request the soil and water conservation district to assist in the planning, design, and application…

103F.435 ATTORNEY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY PERFORM DUTY OF COUNTY. The city attorney or town attorney may perform the duties of a county attorney. A city or town may perform the duties of a local government only if the city or town adopts a soil loss ordinance and the land specif…

103F.441 EROSION CONTROL PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. § Subdivision 1.Sedimentation control plan. (a) A person engaged in a development activity that will disturb over one acre of land must submit a sedimentation control plan and time schedule that will prevent excessive soil…

103F.445 COST-SHARING FUNDS. § Subdivision 1.Cost share required. Except for a development activity, a land occupier may not be required to establish soil conservation practices unless state cost-sharing funds have been specifically approved for that land and have been made avail…

103F.455 PENALTY. A person who violates section 103F.415, subdivision 1, is subject to a civil penalty up to $500. History: 1990 c 391 art 6 s 68

103F.48 RIPARIAN PROTECTION AND WATER QUALITY PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Board" means the Board of Water and Soil Resources. (c) "Buffer" means an area consisting of perennia…