Each county, city or town in the metropolitan area shall be provided with standards, criteria and suggested model ordinances and may, after review and comment by the Metropolitan Council, adopt ordinances which provide for the protection of the resources that are the subject of the standards, criteria, and model ordinances.
Minn. Stat. § 473.206
1975 c 13 s 29; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 150