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KENNEDY & GRAVEN <br /> rBARTERED <br /> AUseweys u Lsw JAMES J.Thorson <br /> 470 Pillsbury Cur,Minaeapona,Minnesota 55402 Lamy M Tansginm <br /> A.Amor (61Z)337.9300 Bourns L WiLio s <br /> 4111EM.BATTE1kBON JOE Y.YANG <br /> H.BATTY Faesimae(612)337-9310 <br /> Sulam J.Busv[, DAA T_G1tivRf(193,400.Iosx a.Deur ,^ <br /> DANIELJ.GYEZVrswiG <br /> DAM,1.KENNEDY OF Goi7if�L <br /> MAMAS L.LE ft RODSRT C ARI.9ox <br /> JOUN M.L EFavR$JR WRITER'SMEL,'DIAL Rom=rtT L.CAviosox <br /> Rosa J.LCssALL 337-9202 WEILI GT0$H.L W <br /> ROB=C.LoKG PLOYD B.OiSON <br /> loots M.Sraorommt CURBS A.MASON <br /> CORIUNE a THOMSON T.YAY SALIN <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 Pl**tring 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 /> 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 PIRTming 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 PlFnnir g 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 Plal nine Commission. The <br /> Pining 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 /> ACI,109523 <br /> MU123-47 <br /> b/Z 30ttd 0 t C6LCCZ 19'C I N3Ate40 '8 AQ3NN33I'WO213 SZ°S I 96-ec-0II'd <br />