Town and county planners facing data center or battery proposals
Free checklist for towns writing data center or battery storage zoning: the moratorium clock, hearing steps and the topics to decide in the text.
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What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Variance or conditional use justification statement door.
Modeled on: Your state's planning and zoning enabling law (Minn. Stat. 462.355 and 462.357 as the worked example)
From public data
is the longest a Minnesota interim ordinance (a moratorium) can run from its effective date before the town must extend it after a hearing
Source: Minn. Stat. 462.355, subd. 4
Draft the written statement for a zoning variance or conditional use permit, answering your town's tests point by point. Free to read.
Questions
It depends on the state. A Minnesota interim ordinance can restrict or prohibit a use for up to one year. The town can extend it after a hearing held 15 to 30 days before it expires, with written findings, generally for no more than 18 more months.
In Minnesota the planning agency or governing body must hold a public hearing before adopting it, with notice in the official newspaper at least 10 days ahead. Boundary changes affecting 5 acres or less also need mailed notice to owners within 350 feet.
Not always. In Minnesota an interim ordinance can't halt, delay or impede a subdivision that already has preliminary approval, and can't extend the 60-day decision deadline for applications filed before it took effect.
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Which water system is this plan for?
What is the project, and where?
Answer it and ePlan opens the Variance or conditional use justification statement door with your answer filled in.