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III. COMPREHENSIVE PLANS. <br />A. Adoption. • <br />1. Outside the seven-county metropolitan area, a comprehensive plan is <br />not required. However, one must be adopted before adopting or <br />amending a zoning ordinance.' <br />2. In the seven-county metropolitan area, cities are also subject to the <br />Metropolitan Land Use Planning Act.2 Each local government unit is <br />required to adopt a comprehensive plan which must be approved by <br />the Metropolitan Council. These plans must be in compliance with <br />Metropolitan Council plans for transportation, parks, and sanitary <br />sewers. <br />3. Under the metropolitan act, the local government must not adopt land <br />use controls which are in conflict with the comprehensive plan.3 <br />B. Effect. <br />1. If the comprehensive plan conflicts with the actual zoning ordinance, <br />the zoning ordinance supersedes the plan.4 <br />2. The comprehensive plan provides policies and guidelines for evaluating • <br />land use applications. <br />3. A rezoning request can be denied if it would violate the <br />comprehensive plan.5 <br />4. Denial of a rezoning to a use which is consistent with the <br />comprehensive plan is presumed to be arbitrary, but this presumption <br />can be overcome by a showing of valid rational reasons.s <br />5. A conditional use permit can also be denied if it conflicts with the <br />comprehensive plan, but only if consistency with the plan is listed as <br />one of the standards that must be met.' <br />6. Access to sanitary sewers may be denied if not in compliance with the <br />plans <br />2 • <br />