1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; modifying provisions related to model standards and 
1.3 	criteria for development of shoreland;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 
1.4 	103F.211, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 103F.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Adoption. The commissioner shall adopt model standards and criteria 
1.8 	for the subdivision, use, and development of shoreland in municipalities and areas outside 
1.9 	of a municipality. The standards and criteria must include:
1.10 	(1) the area of a lot and length of water frontage suitable for a building site;
1.11 	(2) the placement of structures in relation to shorelines and roads;
1.12 	(3) the placement and construction of sanitary and waste disposal facilities;
1.13 	(4) designation of types of land uses;
1.14 	(5) changes in bottom contours of adjacent public waters;
1.15 	(6) preservation of natural shorelands through the restriction of land uses;
1.16 	(7) variances from the minimum standards and criteria; and
1.17 	(8) for areas outside of a municipality only, a model ordinance; and
1.18 	(9) an optional model shoreland planned urban development standard or ordinance that 
1.19 	municipalities and areas outside municipalities may, but are not required to, consider adopting 
1.20 	as an alternative to permitted or conditional uses in shorelands for residential planned urban 
2.1 	developments and commercial planned urban developments as defined by those municipalities 
2.2 	or areas outside a municipality.

2.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 103F.211, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.4 	to read:
2.5 		Subd. 5.Statement of need. The commissioner must prepare a statement of need and 
2.6 	reasonableness according to section 14.131 before modifying a model standard or ordinance 
2.7 	under this section.