Minnesota Statutes Property and Property Interests (Ch. 500-515B) § 505.01. Plats, donations, purpose, definitions

(1) indicate the dedication of easements for public ways, utility easements, and drainage easements as necessary for orderly development;

(2) depict one or more parcels for the purpose of simplifying legal descriptions; or

(3) comply with minor subdivision procedures of a local unit of government.

Subd. 3. Definitions. (a) “Block” means a tract of land consisting of one or more lots, as identified on the plat, and bounded by plat boundaries, public ways, outlots, parks, or bodies of water.

(b) “Drainage easement” means an easement for the purpose of controlling, preserving, and providing for the flow or storage of water.

(c) “Lot” means a tract of land which is all or part of a block and is identified on the plat.

(d) “Minor subdivision procedure” means an approval process that a local unit of government may adopt under this chapter for simple land divisions.

(e) “Outlot” means a tract of land identified by a capital letter and is land that is not part of a block.

(f) “Plat” means a delineation of one or more existing parcels of land drawn to scale showing all data as required by this chapter, depicting the location and boundaries of lots, blocks, outlots, parks, and public ways.

(g) “Plat monument” means a durable magnetic marker placed at all locations required by this chapter or other locations as shown on the plat.

(h) “Public way” means a thoroughfare or cul-de-sac which provides ingress and egress to the public.

(i) “Survey line” means a monumented reference line that is not a boundary.

(j) “Utility easement” means an easement conveyed, granted, or dedicated to the public for utility purposes.

(k) “Water boundary” means the shore or margin of lakes, ponds, rivers, creeks, streams, drainage ditches, or swamps, which forms a boundary of or within the plat.

(l) “Wet land” means all rivers, streams, creeks, drainage ditches, lakes, ponds, and swamps.

(m) “Witness monument” means a plat monument placed at an identified distance and direction from a corner that is in a physical location that is not practical to monument.