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MN Stat § 366.095 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.095 — Authority To Issue Certificates Of Indebtedness.

366.095 AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS. Subdivision 1. Certificates of indebtedness. The town board may issue certificates of indebtedness within the debt limits for a town purpose otherwise authorized by law. The certificates shall be payable in not more than ten years and be issued on the terms and in the manner as the board may determine, provided that notes issued for projects that eliminate R-22, as defined in section 240A.09, paragraph (b), clause (2), must be payable in not more than 20 years. If the amount of the certificates to be issued exceeds 0.25 percent of the estimated market value of the town, they shall not be issued for at least ten days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the town of the board's resolution determining to issue them. If within that time, a petition asking for an election on the proposition signed by voters equal to ten percent of the number of voters at the last regular town election is filed with the clerk, the certificates shall not be issued until their issuance has been approved by a majority of the votes cast on the question at a regular or special election. A tax levy shall be made to pay the principal and interest on the certificates as in the case of bonds. Subd. 2. Bonds; other obligations. A town authorized to exercise powers under section 368.01 may issue bonds or other obligations to acquire or better warning systems. Bonds or other obligations authorized by this subdivision must be sold, issued, and secured as provided in chapter 475. History:  1984 c 562 s 27; 1985 c 169 s 10; 1986 c 314 s 1; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 35; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 1 s 3; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1; 2009 c 88 art 6 s 6; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 45; 1Sp2017 c 1 art 7 s 1
MN Stat § 366.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.10 — Zoning Regulations.

366.10 ZONING REGULATIONS. The board of supervisors may submit to the legal voters of the town at an annual or special town meeting, the question whether the board shall adopt land use and zoning regulations and restrictions in the town. The board in a town which has within its borders a hospital established in accordance with Laws 1955, chapter 227, may submit to the voters at an annual or special town meeting, the question whether the board shall adopt land use and zoning regulations and restrictions in the town regulating the type of buildings that may be built or occupations carried on within a radius of one-half mile of the hospital. History:  1939 c 187 s 1; 1941 c 186 s 1; 1947 c 236 s 1; 1947 c 500 s 1; 1949 c 707 s 1; 1953 c 188 s 1; 1957 c 74 s 1; 1965 c 51 s 73; 1976 c 239 s 110; 1978 c 674 s 39; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1; 1995 c 254 art 3 s 1
MN Stat § 366.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.11 — Ballots.

366.11 BALLOTS. The following question shall be printed on the ballots for the election: "Shall the board of supervisors adopt zoning and related regulations and restrictions?      Yes .    No . "    The voters shall place a cross-mark after one of the alternatives to express their choice. The ballot shall be cast and counted during the same hours and in the same manner as ballots for the election of the town officers. Except as provided in sections 366.10 to 366.18, the meeting and election shall be subject to the laws regulating town meetings and elections of town officers. History:  1939 c 187 s 2; 1980 c 416 s 2; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
MN Stat § 366.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.12 — Regulations.

366.12 REGULATIONS. If a majority of the voters voting on the question vote "Yes," the town board may regulate: (1) the location, height, bulk, number of stories, size of buildings and other structures, (2) the location of roads and schools, (3) the percentage of lot which may be occupied, (4) the sizes of yards and other open spaces, (5) the density and distribution of population, (6) the uses of buildings and structures for trade, industry, residence, recreation, public activities, or other purposes, and (7) the uses of lands for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, forestry, soil conservation, water supply conservation, or other purposes. To carry out this section it shall issue land use or zoning permits or approvals. It shall be unlawful to erect, establish, alter, enlarge, use, occupy, or maintain a building, structure, improvement, or premises without having a land use or zoning permit or approval. Before adopting a regulation under this section the board shall hold a public hearing on the matter with notice as provided in section 366.15. This section is subject to section 366.13. History:  1939 c 187 s 3; 1943 c 494 s 1; 1980 c 416 s 3; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1; 1995 c 254 art 3 s 2
MN Stat § 366.125 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.125 — May Make Applicant Certify That Taxes Are Paid.

366.125 MAY MAKE APPLICANT CERTIFY THAT TAXES ARE PAID. The town board may require, either as part of the necessary information on an application or as a condition of a grant of approval, an applicant for an amendment, permit, or other approval required under a regulation established pursuant to sections 366.10 to 366.18 to certify that there are no delinquent property taxes, special assessments, penalties, and interest due on the parcel to which the application relates. Property taxes which are being paid under the provisions of a stipulation, order, or confession of judgment, or which are being appealed as provided by law, are not considered delinquent for purposes of this section if all required payments that are due under the terms of the stipulation, order, confession of judgment, or appeal have been paid. History:  1996 c 282 s 1; 1997 c 2 s 1
MN Stat § 366.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.13 — Zoning Districts.

366.13 ZONING DISTRICTS. For the purposes of sections 366.10 to 366.18, if a majority of the voters voting on the question have voted "Yes" at an election under section 366.12, the town board may divide the town into districts or zones of the number, shape, and area as it deems best suited to carry out sections 366.10 to 366.18. Within the districts or zones it may regulate and restrict: (1) the location, height, bulk, number of stories, size of buildings and other structures, (2) the location of roads and schools, (3) the percentage of lot which may be occupied, (4) the sizes of yards and other open spaces, (5) the density and distribution of population, (6) the uses of buildings and structures for trade, industry, residence, recreation, public activities, or other purposes, and (7) the uses of land for trade, industry, residence, recreation, agriculture, forestry, soil conservation, water supply conservation, or other purposes. The regulations shall be uniform for each class and kind of buildings and for the use of land throughout each district, but regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts. The board may not make a regulation prohibiting the erection, establishment, alteration, enlargement, use, occupancy, or maintenance of a landing area or airport as defined by the federal Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, owned by a municipality, political subdivision, or public corporation created in and for any two or more municipalities, the operation and use of which has been approved by the Department of Transportation or by the Civil Aeronautics Board and no permit under sections 366.10 to 366.18 shall be required for its erection, establishment, alteration, enlargement, use, occupancy, or maintenance. Regulations made by a board before April 20, 1943, prohibiting such erection, establishment, alteration, enlargement, use, occupancy, or maintenance of airports are annulled. Before adopting a division or regulation under this section the board shall hold a public hearing on the matter with notice as provided in section 366.15. History:  1939 c 187 s 4; 1943 c 494 s 2; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1980 c 416 s 4; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
MN Stat § 366.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.14 — Purpose Of Regulations.

366.14 PURPOSE OF REGULATIONS. Regulations shall be made in accordance with the comprehensive plan to promote the health, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, or welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the town, including, among other things: (1) lessening congestion in streets or roads; (2) reducing the wastes of excessive amounts of roads; (3) securing safety from fire and other dangers; (4) providing adequate light and air; (5) preventing excessive concentration of population and excessive and wasteful scattering of population or settlement; and (6) promoting a distribution of population and classification of land uses and distribution of land development and utilization that will facilitate and conserve provisions for transportation, water flowage, water supply, drainage, sanitation, educational opportunities, recreation, soil fertility, food supplies, and protection of urban and nonurban development. History:  1939 c 187 s 5; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
MN Stat § 366.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.15 — Districts Or Zones, Amendment.

366.15 DISTRICTS OR ZONES, AMENDMENT. The board may amend the number, shape, boundary, or area of a district or zone, or a regulation of area within a zone, or a provision of the zoning resolution. Before finally adopting an amendment the board shall hold a public hearing on it, after giving at least ten days' notice of the time and place of the hearing, by at least one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the town is located. No change may be made in the boundary line of zones or districts unless at least 50 percent of the owners of the lands proposed to be changed file a petition for the change. History:  1939 c 187 s 6; 1947 c 231 s 1; 1980 c 416 s 5; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
MN Stat § 366.151 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.151 — Certain Ordinances; Manufactured Homes.

366.151 CERTAIN ORDINANCES; MANUFACTURED HOMES. A town board must not enact, amend, or enforce a zoning ordinance that has the effect of altering the existing density, lot-size requirements, or manufactured home setback requirements in any manufactured home park constructed before January 1, 1995, if the manufactured home park, when constructed, complied with the then existing density, lot-size and setback requirements. History:   1994 c 473 s 1
MN Stat § 366.152 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.152 — Conditional Uses.

366.152 CONDITIONAL USES. A manufactured home park, as defined in section 327.14, subdivision 3, is a conditional use in a zoning district that allows the construction or placement of a building used or intended to be used by two or more families. History:   1997 c 200 art 4 s 3
MN Stat § 366.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.16 — Town Zoning Commissioner.

366.16 TOWN ZONING COMMISSIONER. The town board may enforce the regulations by withholding land use or zoning permits or approvals, building permits issued under sections 326B.101 to 326B.194, or other permits or approvals. For the purposes of sections 366.10 to 366.18, it may establish the position of town zoning commissioner and fix its compensation. If a building or structure is or is proposed to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, or used or any land is or is proposed to be used in violation of sections 366.10 to 366.18 or a regulation or provision enacted or adopted by the board under sections 366.10 to 366.18, the board, the attorney of the county where the town is situated, the town attorney, the town zoning commissioner, or any adjacent or neighboring property owner may institute any appropriate action to prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove the unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance, or use. History:  1939 c 187 s 7; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1; 1995 c 254 art 3 s 3; 2007 c 140 art 4 s 61; art 13 s 4
MN Stat § 366.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.17 — Planning And Zoning Commission.

366.17 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. To carry out sections 366.10 to 366.18, the town board may appoint a planning and zoning commission, all of whom shall be landowners. The number of commissioners shall be determined by the board. The planning and zoning commission shall act as an adviser to the town board. The commission may be empowered to employ a civil engineer or city planner as required to establish the districts or zones of any parts of the town. History:  1939 c 187 s 8; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1; 2004 c 228 art 2 s 13
MN Stat § 366.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.18 — Existing Buildings Not Changed.

366.18 EXISTING BUILDINGS NOT CHANGED. The zoning resolution shall not prohibit the continuance of the use of a building for any trade or industry for which it was used when the resolution took effect or the alteration of or addition to an existing building or structure to carry on a prohibited trade or industry in the zone where it is located. History:  1939 c 187 s 9; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
MN Stat § 366.181 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.181 — Violations; Penalties.

366.181 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. A person who knowingly violates a provision or rule of zoning regulations adopted by any town board pursuant to sections 366.10 to 366.18, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  1947 c 186 s 1; 1971 c 23 s 30; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
MN Stat § 366.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.20 — Meetings.

366.20 MEETINGS. The town board shall be a board of audit and meet each year, on a date fixed by the town board, to audit and settle all charges against the town. All unpaid accounts of town officers for services rendered since the last annual meeting of the board shall be presented at the meeting. It may also meet at other times to audit and settle charges against the town. No allowance of an account shall be made which does not specifically itemize the account. A quorum for the board of audit shall be the same as for the board of supervisors. History:  (1055) RL s 655; 1969 c 125 s 1; 1983 c 359 s 50; 1984 c 562 s 28; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
MN Stat § 366.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.21 — Duties.

366.21 DUTIES. (a) It shall be the duty of the board of audit: (1) to examine and audit the accounts separately of each town officer authorized by law to receive or disburse money; (2) to examine and audit every account presented against the town, and to endorse and state on it the amount allowed and disallowed. No allowance shall be made on any account which does not specifically give each item, with its date, amount, and nature. The statement shall be verified by the claimant, the claimant's agent or attorney, and filed with the town clerk. No claim shall be considered or acted upon unless the statement is made and filed; (3) to examine the character and circumstances of every other demand presented against the town which it is not authorized to audit, and in its report give a summary of it, with its recommendations in regard to it; (4) to report in detail the items of accounts audited and allowed or disallowed, the nature of each, and the person to whom allowed or disallowed. (b) The report shall contain a statement of the fiscal affairs of the town, with an estimate of the sum necessary to be raised for the current expenses or other authorized purpose for the ensuing year, and other recommendations as it may deem advisable. History:  (1056) RL s 656; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
MN Stat § 366.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.22 — Posting And Reading Report; Fee.

366.22 POSTING AND READING REPORT; FEE. The clerk shall post a copy of the report at the place of the annual meeting at least half an hour before the time for the annual meeting to convene. The report shall also be publicly read by the clerk to the meeting. The whole report or any part of it may be referred by the meeting to a committee, which shall examine and report to the meeting on it. For making the report the clerk shall receive one-half of the fees allowed by law for making the original report. History:  (1057) RL s 657; 1976 c 4 s 1; 1977 c 73 s 1; 1983 c 3 s 1; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
MN Stat § 366.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers|Section 366.27 — Firefighters' Relief; Tax Levy.

366.27 FIREFIGHTERS' RELIEF; TAX LEVY. The town board of any town in this state having therein a platted portion on which resides 1,200 or more people, and wherein a duly incorporated firefighters' relief association is located may each year levy a tax not to exceed 0.00806 percent of estimated market value for the benefit of the relief association. History:  1951 c 151 s 1; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1977 c 429 s 63; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 29; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 46
MN Stat § 367.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans|Section 367.01 — Delivery To Successor.

367.01 DELIVERY TO SUCCESSOR. Every town officer shall, immediately after qualifying, demand from the officer's predecessor or other person having control or possession of them, all books, records, and other property belonging to the office. Every person having control or possession of any of them shall, upon the demand, deliver them to the officer. History:  (1088) RL s 681; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 367.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans|Section 367.02 — When Board Is To Accept Resignations, Notify Clerk.

367.02 WHEN BOARD IS TO ACCEPT RESIGNATIONS, NOTIFY CLERK. (a) The town board, for sufficient cause shown to it, shall accept the resignation of any town officer. (b) The board shall promptly give notice of the resignation to the town clerk. History:  (1085) RL s 678; 1984 c 562 s 29; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 367.033 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans|Section 367.033 — May Be On Both Town And School Board Except If Urban Town.

367.033 MAY BE ON BOTH TOWN AND SCHOOL BOARD EXCEPT IF URBAN TOWN. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a person may serve on both a school board, however organized, and a town board of supervisors concurrently. (b) This section does not apply to members of the town board of a town exercising the powers of a statutory city under section 368.01, or a special law. History:  1971 c 420 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 367.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans|Section 367.05 — Compensation; Town Officers And Employees.

367.05  Subdivision 1.  MS 2002 [Renumbered 367.05] Subd. 2.  MS 1982 [Repealed, 1984 c 562 s 48] Subd. 3.  MS 1945 [Repealed, 1949 c 119 s 110] Subd. 4.  MS 1971 [Repealed, 1974 c 143 s 2] 367.05 COMPENSATION; TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. The town board shall set the compensation of supervisors, town assessors, the treasurer, clerk, deputy clerk, if one is employed, deputy treasurer, if one is employed, and other employees of the town. In addition, supervisors, assessors, treasurers, clerks, deputy clerks, deputy treasurers, and other employees of the town shall be entitled to mileage for the use of their own automobile at a rate to be determined by the town board for necessary travel on official town business. The town board may fix the hours of employment for town employees, and reimburse a town assessor for expenses. History:  (1089, 1089 1/2) RL s 682; 1907 c 402; 1911 c 37; 1913 c 558; 1919 c 384; 1923 c 219; 1927 c 403 s 1,2; 1933 c 411; 1935 c 151; 1935 c 375; 1937 c 158 s 1; 1937 c 249 s 1; Ex1937 c 16; 1945 c 481 s 2; 1947 c 420 s 1; 1949 c 651 s 1; 1949 c 697 s 1; 1951 c 77 s 1; 1951 c 345 s 1; 1951 c 688 s 1; 1955 c 359 s 1; 1959 c 334 s 1; 1965 c 186 s 1; 1969 c 179 s 1; 1971 c 817 s 1; 1974 c 143 s 1; 1975 c 71 s 1; 1980 c 366 s 1; 1984 c 562 s 30; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1; 1993 c 24 s 2
MN Stat § 367.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans|Section 367.10 — Town Clerk; Bond; Oath.

367.10 TOWN CLERK; BOND; OATH. Every town clerk, before beginning the duties of the office, shall give bond to the town in an amount to be determined by the town board, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of clerk. The bond shall be filed with the county auditor. History:  (1062) RL s 658; 1982 c 507 s 1; 1984 c 562 s 31; 1985 c 169 s 12; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 367.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans|Section 367.11 — Clerk's Duties.

367.11 CLERK'S DUTIES. It shall be the duty of the town clerk: (1) to act as clerk of the town board and keep in the clerk's office a true record of all of its proceedings; (2) unless otherwise provided by law, to have custody of the records, books, and papers of the town and file and safely keep all papers required by law to be filed in the clerk's office; (3) to record minutes of the proceedings of every town meeting in the book of town records and enter in them at length every order or direction and all rules and regulations made by the town meeting; (4) to file and preserve all accounts audited by the town board or allowed at a town meeting and enter a statement of them in the book of records; (5) to record every request for a special vote or special town meeting and properly post the requisite notices of them; (6) to post, as required by law, fair copies of all bylaws made by the town, and make a signed entry in the town records, of the time when and the places where they were posted and record in full all ordinances passed by the town board in an ordinance book; (7) to furnish to the annual meeting of the town board of audit every statement from the county treasurer of money paid to the town treasurer, and all other information about fiscal affairs of the town in the clerk's possession, and all accounts, claims, and demands against the town filed with the clerk; and (8) to perform any other duties required by law. History:  (1064) RL s 660; 1983 c 359 s 51; 1984 c 562 s 32; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 367.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans|Section 367.12 — Deputy Clerk.

367.12 DEPUTY CLERK. Each town clerk may appoint a deputy, for whose acts the clerk shall be responsible, and who, in the clerk's absence or disability, shall perform the clerk's duties. If a town clerk has not appointed a deputy, the town treasurer shall perform the duties of the clerk relating to receiving candidate filings when the clerk is absent. History:  (1063) RL s 659; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1; 2004 c 293 art 2 s 46
MN Stat § 367.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans|Section 367.13 — Location Of Office.

367.13 LOCATION OF OFFICE. The clerk of a town may hold office in a statutory city the territory of which was, before incorporation, a part of the town. History:  (1065) 1905 c 98 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1