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473.859, 2008 Minnesota Statutes Page 1 of 3 <br /> ,� � � <br /> 2008 Minnesota Statutes <br /> 473.859 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONTENT. <br /> Subdivision 1. Contents. The comprehensive plan shall contain objectives, policies, <br /> standards and programs to guide public and private land use, development, <br /> redevelopment and preservation for all lands and waters within the jurisdiction of the <br /> local governmental unit through 1990 and may extend through any year thereafter which <br /> is evenly divisible by five. Each plan shall specify expected industrial and commercial <br /> development, planned population distribution, and local public facility capacities upon <br /> which the plan is based. Each plan shall contain a discussion of the use of the public <br /> facilities specified in the metropolitan system statement and the effect of the plan on <br /> adjacent local governmental units and affected school districts. Existing plans and official <br /> controls may be used in whole or in part following modification, as necessary,to satisfy <br /> the requirements of sections 462.355, 473.175, and 473.851 to 473.871. Each plan may <br /> contain an intergovernmental coordination element that describes how its planned land <br /> uses and urban services affect other communities, adjacent local government units, the <br /> region, and the state, and that includes guidelines for joint planning and decision making <br /> with other communities, school districts, and other jurisdictions for siting public schools, <br /> building public facilities, and sharing public services. <br /> Each plan may contain an economic development element that identifies types of <br /> mixed use development, expansion facilities for businesses, and methods for developing a <br /> balanced and stable economic base. <br /> The comprehensive plan may contain any additional matter which may be included <br /> in a comprehensive plan of the local governmental unit pursuant to the applicable <br /> planning statute. <br /> Subd. 2. Land use plan. (a) A land use plan shall include the water management <br /> plan required by section 103B235, and shall designate the existing and proposed <br /> location, intensity and extent of use of land and water, including lakes, wetlands, rivers, <br /> streams, natural drainage courses, and adjoining land areas that affect water natural <br /> resources, for a�ricultural, residential, commercial, industrial and other public and private <br /> purposes, ar any combination of such purposes. <br /> (b) A land use plan shall contain a protection element, as appropriate, for historic <br /> sites, the matters listed in the water management plan required by section 103B.235, and <br /> an element for protection and development of access to direct sunlight for solar energy <br /> systems. <br /> (c) A land use plan shall also include a housing element containing standards, plans <br /> and programs for providing adequate housing opportunities to meet existing and <br /> projected local and regional housing needs, including but not limited to the use of official <br /> controls and land use planning to promote the availability of land for the development of <br /> low and moderate income housing. <br /> (d) A land use plan shall also include the local government's goals, intentions, and <br /> https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=473.859 8/25/2009 <br />