Conveyance.
Saint Paul Legislative Code § 69.702
in effectSec. 69.702. - Conveyance.
(a) The owner, or agent of the owner, of any parcel of land located in a proposed subdivision shall not transfer ownership of such parcel before a plat of said subdivision has been approved by the city council and has been filed with the county recorder or registrar of titles of Ramsey County, Minnesota.
(b) The owner, or agent of the owner, of any parcel of land shall not divide any lot or parcel of land by the use of metes and bounds for the purpose of sale, transfer or lease with the intent of evading the provisions of this chapter. All such described divisions shall be subject to the requirements herein.
(c) The previous provisions shall not apply to a conveyance of land that was a separate parcel of land of record on the date of the adoption of these regulations, or subject to a written agreement to convey entered into prior to such date, or a separate parcel of not less than two and one-half (2½) acres in area and one hundred fifty (150) feet in width on January 1, 1966, or was a separate parcel of not less than five (5) acres in area and three hundred (300) feet in width on July 1, 1980, or is a single parcel of commercial or industrial land of not less than five (5) acres and having a width of not less than three hundred (300) feet, and its conveyance does not result in the division of the parcel into two (2) or more lots or parcels, any one (1) of which is less than five (5) acres in area or three hundred (300) feet in width, or is a single parcel of residential or agricultural land of not less than twenty (20) acres and having a width of not less than five hundred (500) feet and its conveyance does not result in the division of the parcel into two (2) or more lots or parcels, any one (1) of which is less than twenty (20) acres or five hundred (500) feet in width.
(C.F. No. 03-1028, § 1, 4-7-04)
Source: City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, City Charter, Legislative Code and Administrative Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/st._paul/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIILECO_TITVIIIZOCO_CH69ZOCOUBRE_ARTVIIMIPR_S69.702COFetched: 11/1/2026