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49010 BDM <br />Minn. Sun. § 462.3595. suM. 1. provides: <br />The gov erning body may by ordinance designate <br />certain t>T)es of developments, including planned <br />unit developments, and certain land development <br />activities as conditional uses under the zoning <br />regulations. Conditional uses may be approved by <br />the governing bodv or other designated authority <br />by a showing by the applicant that the standards <br />criteria stated in the ordinance will be <br />satisfied. The standards and criteria shall include <br />both general requirements for all conditional uses, <br />and insofar as practicable, requirements specific to <br />each designated conditional use. <br />Supreme Court in the case of Chanhassen Estate Rcsideni? Vr ClW-fif <br />342 N.W.2d 335 (Minn. 1984) held: <br />When a city designates a specific use as <br />permissible in a panicular zone or district, the City <br />has exercised its discretion and determined that the <br />permitted use is consistent with the public health, <br />safety and general welfare and consonant with the <br />goals of its comprehensive plan. Until the district <br />is rezoned or the zoning ordinance is either <br />amended or successfully challenged, that <br />determination is conclusive. <br />A special use is the same as a conditional use in Minnesota. <br />r^p«mction Cnmnanv V Ci*v of Rloomineton. 292 Minn. 374. 195 N.W.2d <br />558 (Minn. 1972). <br />Such additional standards arc listed in the zoning code and normally include Uie <br />effect of the use upon the health, safet)*. morals, and general welfare of the <br />occupants of the surrounding lands, existing and anticipated traffic conditions <br />including parking facilities on adjacent streets and land, the effect on utility and <br />school capacities, the effect on property values in the surrounding area, and the <br />effect on the comprehensive plan. The standards vary from city to city. Some <br />liii.