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Minnesota Statutes Sec. 462.358 Subd. 3b . Review procedures. The regulations shall include provisions regarding the content of applications for proposed subdivisions, the preliminary and final review and ap- proval or disapproval of applications. and the coordination of such reviews with affected political s ubdivisions and stale agencies. The regulations may provide for the consolidation of the preliminary and final review and approval or disapproval of subdivisions. Preliminary or final approval may be granted or denied for parts of subdivision applications. The regula- tion s may delegate the authority lo review proposals lo the planning commission, but final approval or disapproval shall be the decision of the governing body of the municipality un- less otherwise provided by law or charter. The regulation s shall require that a public hearing shall be held on all subdivision applications prior lo preliminary approval. unless otherwise provided by law or charter. The hearing shall be held following publication of notice of the time and place thereof in the official newspaper at least ten days before the day of the hearing . At the hearing. all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to make presentations . A subdivision application shall be preliminarily approved or disapproved within l 20 davs fol- lowing delivery of an application completed in compliance with the municipal ordina~ce by the applicant to the municipality. unle ss an extension of the review period has been agreed to by the applicant. When a division or subdivision to which the regulations of the municipalit y do not apply is pre sented to the city. the cl e rk o r the municipalit y shall within ten day s certify th at the subdivision regulations of th e muni cipa lity do no t apply to the particular division. * * * Subd. 4b. Restrictions on filing and recording conveyances. In a municipality in which subdivision regulations are in force and have been filed or recorded as provided in this section, no conveyance of land to which the regulations are applicable shall be filed or re- corded, if the land is described in the conveyance by metes and bounds or by reference to an unapproved registered land survey made after April 2 l, 1961 or to an unapproved plat made after such regulations become effective. fr he foregoing provision docs not apply to a convey- ance if the land de sc ribed: ( l) was a separate parcel of record April l. 1945 or the date of adoption of subdivision regulations under Laws 1945 , Chapter 287, whichever is the later, or of the adoption of subdi- vision· regulations pursuant to a home rule chat1er, or (2) was the subject of a wiitten agreement to convey entered into prior to such time, (3) was a separate parcel of not less than 2-l/2 acres in area and l 50 feet in width on January I, 1966, or (4) was a separate parcel of not less than five acres in area and 300 feet in width on July I, 1980, or (5) is a single parcel of commercial or industrial land of not l~ss than five acres and hav- ing a width of not less than 300 feet and its conveyance does not result in the division of the parcel into two or more lots or parcels. any one of which is less than five acres in area or 300 feet in width, or · (6) is a single parcel of re si dential or agricultural land of not le ss than 20 acres and hav- . ng a width of not les s than 500 feet and its conveyance doe s not re sult in the division of the parcel into two or more lots or parcel s. any one of which is less than 20 acre s in area or 500 feet in width. In any case in which compliance with the foregoing rest1ictions will create an unnece s- sary hardship and failure to comply does not interfere with the purpose of the subdivision regulations, the platting authority may waive such compliance by adoption of a resolution to that effect and the conveyance may then be filed or recorded. Any owner or agent of the own- er of land who conveys a lot or parcel in violation of the provisions of this subdivision shall forfeit and pay to the municipality a penalty of not less than $ I 00 for each lot or parcel so conveyed. A municipality may enjoin such conveyance or may recover such penalty by a civil action in any cou11 of competent jurisdiction.