2025 Session Last amended: 1986 session

§ 394.29 — May Employ Director and Staff

Plain-Language Summary

This section allows county boards to hire a planning director, zoning administrator, sanitary inspector, building official, and other staff needed to carry out planning and zoning. If no planning director is hired, the board must designate someone to administer the official controls.

394.29 MAY EMPLOY DIRECTOR AND STAFF.

To carry out the purposes of sections 394.21 to 394.37, the board may employ a planning director and such staff as it deems necessary to assist the planning director in carrying out assigned responsibilities, including but not limited to a zoning administrator, sanitary inspector and a building official. If no planning director is appointed, the board shall designate a chief administrative officer who shall administer the official controls. The board may employ or contract with a planning authority or commission, any agency of the state or federal government, a regional development commission or with planning consultants, or other specialists for such services as it requires.

History:

1959 c 559 s 9; 1974 c 571 s 30; 1986 c 444

History: History: 1959 c 559 s 9; 1974 c 571 s 30; 1986 c 444

Practical Notes

Counties can also contract with outside consultants, regional development commissions, or state and federal agencies for planning services rather than hiring staff directly. This gives smaller counties flexibility in how they administer their zoning programs.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes