· 2/7/1975
Minnetonka Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Inc. v. Svee
Citations
- 226 N.W.2d 306
- 303 Minn. 79
- 1975 Minn. LEXIS 1498
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- holding that unsubstantiated speculation about increased traffic does not support denial of a conditional use permit application
- holding that where the controlling ordinance specifically provides for proposed use, general objections to granting conditional use permit are not competent evidence to support denial
- concluding that mandamus would lie -to enable a property owner to secure a conditional use permit from a city to construct a church where the evidence did not support the city’s council’s reasons for denying the permit
- concluding that mandamus would lie to enable a property owner to secure a conditional use permit from a city to construct a church where the evidence did not support the city's council's reasons for denying the permit
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Judges: Peterson, MacLaughlin, Yetka, Otis
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