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1 <br /> • <br /> • <br /> KENNEDY & GRAVEN <br /> CaARTERED <br /> AetormYs at LawDaus J.TRohnox <br /> 470 Pffl bar?Gamer,MianapoTis,Minnesota 5540'2 Iran M.W XIDEI s <br /> Ronal-A.ALsor (61Z)337-9300 Box=L.WsLY.A18 <br /> Mums M BATI]Sllrsox JOE Y.YANG • <br /> RONALD H.BAm Facsimile(632)337-9310 <br /> SrmsENLBunn <br /> JORN B.DEAN DAM L.GR.& (1n-$9) <br /> Damn J.GREENswnc '— <br /> DAM1AD J-KENNEDY or COVIfSCL <br /> CDARiis L.LEF t Aoaor o GaeL9ox <br /> JOHN M.I EFEVR&JR. WRITER'S DIJ�tEGT DIAL Rom=L.DAWI.SON <br /> Ron=3 UNDALL 337-9202 WELIJdtG7ON a.IAvv <br /> Rosen C.LoNCr FLOYD B.WON <br /> JAmis M.Motto= awls A.ITAMON <br /> Comma H.Immo?' T_JAY SALIax <br /> August 30, 1996 <br /> Pam Sheldon <br /> Community Development Director <br /> City of Mounds View <br /> 2401 Highway 10 <br /> Mounds View, MN 55112 <br /> RE: Legal Opinion on Plsning Commission and City Council Discretion and <br /> Procedures in Considering Conditional Use Permits and Variances <br /> Our File No. MU125-47 <br /> Dear Pam: <br /> Issues: You have asked for a legal opinion on the following three issues: <br /> 4110 <br /> 1. What procedures should the Planning Commission follow, and what is the role <br /> of the City Council, in the issuance of a conditional use permit? <br /> 2. What procedures should the Pln i nit g Commission follow, and what is the role <br /> of the City Council, in the granting of a variance to the zoning code? <br /> 3. Does the Planning Commission and the City Council retain their discretion to <br /> grant or deny conditional use permits and variances regardless of the actions <br /> undertaken by the applicant prior to a public hearing and decision of either <br /> the Planning Commission or the City Council? <br /> Answers: <br /> Issue No. 1: Pursuant to section 1125.01 of the Mounds View Municipal Code (the <br /> "Code'!), an application for a conditional use permit is referred to the City staff for <br /> a report and recommendations to be presented to the PlRT1 r1i ig and Zoning Commission <br /> (the "Planning Commission") and the staff reports and recommendations are to be <br /> made part of the permanent written record of the Planning Commission. The <br /> planning Commission shall then exercise its discretion and judgment to consider the <br /> possible adverse effects of the proposed conditional use permit and its judgment shall <br /> be based upon (but not limited to) the following factors: <br /> (1) Relationship to Municipal Comprehensive Plan. <br /> (2) The geographical area involved. • <br /> =109523 <br /> MU123-47 <br /> ti/Z 3Oyd 0 t C6LECZ t 9°Q I N3Ay210 '8 AC3NN3N WO213 8Z S I 96-9C-Oily <br />