1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to airports; defining safety zones and land
1.3 	use restrictions for runway 17-35 at the
1.4 	Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport; amending
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 360.66, by adding a
1.6 	subdivision.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 360.66, is
1.9 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.10 		Subd. 3.Safety zones and land use. Notwithstanding any
1.11 	contrary law in this chapter, Minnesota Rules, part 8800.2400,
1.12 	or any administrative order, state safety zone A for the south
1.13 	end of runway 17-35 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International
1.14 	Airport extends from the end of the primary surface a distance
1.15 	of 500 feet on each side of the extended runway centerline
1.16 	extending outward 4,667 feet.  Zone A must not contain
1.17 	buildings, temporary structures, exposed transmission lines, or
1.18 	other similar land use structural hazards, and is restricted to
1.19 	those uses that will not create, attract, or bring together an
1.20 	assembly of persons in zone A.  Permitted uses include, but are
1.21 	not limited to, seasonal crops, horticulture, raising of
1.22 	livestock, animal husbandry, wildlife habitat, light outdoor
1.23 	nonspectator recreation, cemeteries, and automobile parking.
1.24 	Existing structures found within safety zone A are deemed to be
1.25 	safety hazards so severe that they must be prohibited and
1.26 	removed.  Any parcel of land that is partially in safety zone A
2.1 	and is more than 50 percent outside safety zone A is exempt from
2.2 	these requirements and subject only to the requirements of
2.3 	safety zone B, unless the commissioner determines that any
2.4 	structures on this land constitute airport hazards and must be
2.5 	removed.  State safety zone B for the south end of runway 17-35
2.6 	at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is consistent
2.7 	with the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 8800.2400, and
2.8 	includes any land that otherwise would have been in safety zone
2.9 	A under a strict application of the rule and must, at a minimum,
2.10 	meet the density requirements and prohibited uses in those rules.