9.e 2 Resolution 06-20-17-06 creating an exemption from partition fence lawCITY OF SCANDIA, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 06-20-17-06
AUTHORIZING AND ADOPTING THE EXEMPTION TO THE MINNESOTA
PARTITION FENCE LAW FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS
WHEREAS, on May 12, 2016, Governor Dayton signed into law the amendment to the state
partition fence law, codified at Minn. Stat. § 344.011, to give home rule charter and statutory
cities the authority to exempt owners of properties considered to be less than 20 acres combined
from the partition fence law requirements of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 344;
WHEREAS, in order to adopt said partition fence law exemption for owners of properties
considered to be less than 20 acres combined, the Scandia City Council must pass a resolution
adopting the exemption provided for in Minn. Stat. § 344.011.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Scandia City Council hereby adopts the
exemption provided for in Minn. Stat. § 344.011, as may be amended from time to time, thereby
exempting the owners of land considered to be less than 20 acres combined from the partition
fence law under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 344.
Adopted by the Scandia City Council this 20th day of June, 2017.
Christine Maefsky, Mayor
ATTEST:
Neil Soltis, Administrator/Clerk