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· 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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