HF 2140 Minnesota House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Mixed-use housing zones creation required.

HF 2140 requires certain Minnesota municipalities to create "mixed-use housing zones" by June 30, 2027. Covered cities include those in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington counties, plus any municipality with 10,000+ residents. These zones must permit residential developments with at least three units (within 0.5 miles of certain streets) or four units (within 0.25 miles), including duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes. The bill defines "mixed-use development" as buildings where at least 50% of usable space is for residential units, and it exempts these zoning changes from requiring comprehensive plan amendments before 2029.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action Apr 7, 2025

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Introduction → 1st Engrossment · 6 edits · Mar 17, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was amended to shift its focus from 'mixed-use' housing to 'mixed housing' and 'commercial corridor' districts. The changes redefine which municipalities must comply, remove specific geographic exemptions for certain counties, and adjust the deadlines for creating these new zoning districts based on the size and type of the municipality.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed and redefined; it now applies to cities of the first class, urban municipalities, and nonurban municipalities, removing the previous specific list of counties and the population threshold of 10,000 residents. It also introduces a new requirement for 'commercial corridor districts' alongside the existing 'mixed housing districts'.

DEFINITION

Redefinition of 'covered municipality' removed specific county names and the 10,000-person population threshold, replacing them with a classification based on city class, urban status, and nonurban status.

Replaced specific density and lot coverage mandates with new requirements for average density (one unit per 1,500 sq ft for mixed housing and one unit per 4,000 sq ft for commercial corridors) and removed specific setback and lot size mandates.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the required housing types from 'mixed-use housing zones' to 'mixed housing districts' and added a new requirement for 'commercial corridor districts' along state-aid streets.

Removed a specific exemption allowing changes to zoning controls without a comprehensive plan amendment until December 2029.

Expanded the list of prohibited municipal requirements to include 'minimum unit size or dimension requirements' and 'minimum square footage requirements on a structure foundation'.

TIMELINE

Adjusted compliance deadlines to vary by municipality type (cities of the first class by June 2026, urban municipalities by December 2026, and nonurban municipalities by June 2027).

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Committee

Mar 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Elections Finance and Government Operations

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Introduced

Introduction and first reading, referred to Housing Finance and Policy

lower

1 primary · 13 co-sponsors