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^and (tom tP<M to i97(. Th« t'A^ 4«t$hbe(» rerntnibcreu »(.i <br />iTQwiag Oft tho proporty- <br />Durint tfM b«Mh U'lal. Ih«.-Jdg« iaifiaily tMtoP inat :ppet!ac:i <br />bow th# bUtdon of proving camiauity. AJ tho «;«• 51 aviiir.ca. <br />hownvor. ho (U(«a h« w«t not cenam who bcr« !£« of proof. <br />Tta# (fill eeun conci Jdtd the noneon^rmint um ha-i been <Vs>i:v <br />diiceniinvoei hac«use no soucxres weMsicrsd OQ tr.9 prop«r!> from <br />tppcoxifflaitly l9Ti 'JO 1993; he alMoohcJuded che um tvai sben* <br />dOfMd By immoteodbint hb Mplllned hjs ^oaiyua of ihe curden* <br />of-proof problen; piscomiiuation of iha nonccnforming ui< <br />corkidnupd prlAi fict« ivldboce of ieient lo abenOon, which ippel' <br />laots fuled to nfcuc. The iciil court crOered appellants to cstse <br />aiorlDghOuKf oa tba proporty. <br />Ap^lana failM to nova for a saw triij. On appeal thev allege <br />the tnal oourr eaed by deiarminiAt *1X1 Otsoommuance of <br />Aonconfonning yMn created a rtbsinabit praiuntpiion of intern to <br />abaodoa the nocodoformiog uie. ind by placiog on them the borCcs <br />Of proving that tha oonoonformthg um waa oootitujo'js. <br />USUBS <br />1. Doaa dlieOttlnuaoce for longer than on* ,ear laniiaaie tnc <br />rrght to I noAMiubrmtnB vo«7 <br />i. D om non>u» foriooger than one year cresta l fObuttible <br />pfaiumpiion of laeni to abandon a noooonfonning <br />DISCUSSION <br />Be&iuae app*llam hai fUled to move for a new trial, iha only <br />(]twstloiu for revlfw u* wlMthcr (ha avtdcnce atutaini it» f>.dlag| <br />of fact and wheihar the flodlRfi luwom the conclusions of law and <br />Iba judguNSt. OtlMSiiagM r. LAiwd , 310 Minn. «34, 438, 248 <br />N.w.2d S6S, 560 (1976). NavefiiMi««, t]ttaaiioni of law may be <br />eosiMared dospt 'dthe aboence of a moiiOfl tot a new uial. Schmidt <br />V. SI. Stal Fir* 4M«rl0* liu. Co., N.W.Sd 237,239 (Mian. <br />App. IMS). Interoreution of a eoning otdiAanc* ii a qucition of <br />law, ravtawed iaspecdenily oo appeal. Trtak'f Nureary Saiaa, <br />lAC. V, CUy of Koaavilk. 295 N.W.2d 60a (Mirm. 1980). <br />I <br />Appellaotl aegUAthli a nonconfbrminguse may t» tannieated by <br />atMOdOAiMfit, but ooi by owa dlsoontinuanc*. <br />Miiui. Sim. | aubd. 1 (1990), provides that a nonocn* <br />fbnaiiy la reminaMd If ll U *diaoeailnu*(i for a pwtod of more than <br />(IMO). <br />Tbo Inmi CouBy Zootiig Otdtaadca ptovkksi <br />Is thaaveot Iw a Doo^odforminguMof aay buiidiag <br />Of piaauaaa U dlicoadoued or iia aotmtl openoon <br />novpad fbr gpuiod of ona f I) year, tha Ilia of lb uac <br />i&mI ibatMfiir conform lo idb regu Uiion of dli trict <br />InwhJdiliDlocatad. <br />tsacii Omniy Zooiag Ordiaaoce glA Subd. 5(1) (1962). <br />Tha fundaiBiSiai aim of an appellate oowt oodtiruing <br />aitMuMiaie«aoerTainan<f|ivee(featoihe KgUlaU'.'e <br />lotcm. Cottoir of Baanatin r. ClD of HopU». 239 <br />Miim. 357,362,58 N.W.ld |ll, Md (19S3). <br />to re Copeland, 4S0 N.W.2d 509,506 (Mian. Am. 1990). pet. for <br />rev. daala4(MtB(i. July 31.199A. *No room judicial cDorruC' <br />to Mitoia wfwo il» itaiuie ipeaka tot liiMf.* Coaininafoner of <br />Mmoo V. WcliaillaM. 502 N.W.2d 23.26 (Mian. 1961) <br />Mwidpal otAotnoes are drafUd lo Mniu of 'diifiominuance,* <br />fatharthao 'atodoimant,* toa««ld tha naoiMinr of provicg imem <br />to atoto a nooccMbmiing uae. 6A E. MeOiul..ii. Tha Uw of <br />Miifdlpal CoppoMliOM f25.199 (3d ed. l9M; AoMiation. <br />EoM Bt|hl to NMuma Noaeoafbnnlag U m of V^mto aAer <br />VobtiMn or CfaaiMlalMd Mnokla Ibo Coatl* oolty of lUeacoa. <br />toolRf V m. 57 AlJI.9d 279.13 (1974). <br />Ihe ce«ra of moa« Mama Imarpret 'OiaoeAtlnuanca* «o otMo <br />^Mandoomcm* la thttcomaxt. fd^ t AndarMa,AmarlaaLa* of <br />"•lat 16.66 (M*A 1066). Uow*v«r,s 'growianmiooniy'ofauia <br />court! apply dlietonuanM provialoni aecMwag to ihoir plain | <br />ntaaaing. Hartley v. City of ColerWa Sprtnga.764 P.2d i2l0. ! <br />i <br />FcvANCtt.y.vD Co M^rERCl CouftT OF ArrF.'ttjtomox <br />;224>23 rColo :9SS). seo E»cx Laaa* lag v. 2ealng Bd. Cf <br />Appeata. 2C6 Conn. S95. 539 A.2d !0i ('.98S) (wbera sapatBia <br />tcrrioaiton □roviiic.'U existed fsr 'ceaaaiion'' and ’’abaadonmcacl; <br />Saniett V. Board of Appeaia, 23 Maw. App. Cr. 66*. SOS N.E 2d <br />193 (1967) (enabi Ing staruta allowed lerroioacgn of aoiiconfmming <br />UI4S ‘abaadonad or aet used* for two yaars); Town of BnttitoB y. <br />Grtffln, 146 V(. 264,532 A.2d 1292 69*7) <br />Both Minn. Star. 9394 36 ino Mcnoo 16 of me laann County <br />Zoning Ordliuoca claarly otate that dlseoniinuatloa of a noneon- <br />fomung u(c fbr one year raulu in ieiminatlon of that UM. Thli eeurt <br />cannot amend these uaambiguous proviiioni by placing upon coun- <br />daa tha burdaa of havlog to piovo Uiai a iandowoer intended to <br />abandon a dlaoooriauad nonconlbrating use. <br />Coamiy » appetlanu' potion, our case law does not roquiff <br />proof of ibandonaem. Su Hooper t. City ofSt. Pan), 353 N.W,2d <br />136, le^* (Mien. 19|4) (noncoofbrmiag uses nay continue until <br />.nmoved or otherwise dlicontiaued). The mat court properly oon* <br />eluded thatfppallinti* right toooniinuerbenonasft/ormmgiMiiww <br />temsinared by raaten of Ita dlscootluuanup. —■ <br />n <br />Tae (rial cotuT aiio bOAdudad that aB0eil1r.11 obondooed the <br />ooaconforming uaa. Pollowlog City or Mlnoi v. Flaiier, 212 <br />N.W.20 837 (N.0.1975). tha trial cam determined that appeilanri' <br />disoooilautince of the nooconfermihg uae aeeied • preaumption of <br />iaicnt to abandon whiclt appeilams Ailed to rebut. Appellant! afgua <br />that the trial court eaed in recognizing a preaumpticn of Intant 10 <br />abandon. We disagree. <br />Ahandenmant ordmonly cmaila rwo factors: (1) Intent to ab0A« <br />too, and (2) an a% i.'; act or Allure to act indicating the owner no <br />• rght to (he noiKOOfornung use. 8A .VfcOulliin at <br />In City of .Minot a notmary's nonconforming uae waa diacca- <br />tioued fbr longer than tha ippileabia one-year tenr.i nation ordinance <br />becauae of flood and 10 infibllliy 10 find • new tenant. The North <br />Dakota Suprataa Cotm daNnalto that a prMumpiion of intern (o <br />abandon arlsca upon expiration of the applIeaMa lanBlUilon period <br />unloM casMAon of the uae ii beyond the eontrol of the propwty <br />owner. City of Minot, 212 N.W.2d at 841. Thiooiot held that tha <br />aooconfbminc use could continue boeauM ceoiMloii woa teyond <br />the control of the mortuary Id. <br />The requlremam of Intent to abandon la the molt lin- " <br />poiini obatruciiuo to municipal awempta to larminaia <br />QonaonfbreUng uica which have bem dormant fOr a <br />period of tine. <br />1 Andanoa. |6,66. Where a (mwoniOrming um has bean dormant <br />for lonear tlM one year, • piatumprion of intent to abandon la <br />proper. It loailoraiN tba munielpailiy's aMtrt burden of having » <br />prtsve afflnnatlvtly iti oppoaeitt'a Iniem. Tha landowner la B«o to <br />pre^ ill evtdaaoa that ha lONOdad 10 cootlnue the uaa or that omm- <br />'.Ion wu bayood hla eontroL Other iitiaa hiv*adopted this ru!a.See <br />Merdi V. Beeheo, 689 S.W.2d 39 (Ky* AmTiW); WlllUma v. <br />Sniam Tawosblp. 92 Pa. Cnwllh 634,500 A.34 935 (I9t5X app- <br />den. (Pa. Aug. 24.19^. <br />The trial eoun dtnmined that wpeiiami failed to pmtot any <br />credible avldanc* that may intended to continue the me or ihai iu <br />ceaaailon wM beyond (heir control. He fbuodeiplculhiral UMOfihe <br />land to be M oven ici damonatraemg abandonmeni of the noncoo* <br />forming uM. The trial eeurt gonduded the um wm ibandcncd. TM« <br />cooclualon if luppenad by the evidence and by the trial eourt'a <br />flndlnfi. <br />Aopeilanu itgue ihat rha vial court Impeitniaaibiy placed the <br />burden of proof on them. TWa wgumant miMhincicrtMa a prelimi­ <br />nary dtscuulon by the trial cowf. The trial oourt'i memofanduffi <br />demoftStratei that appcilama were net inappropriately btndened. <br />0 e C 18 10 N <br />Tba trial court conectly determined that appellant! (briblied iha <br />right of nooccnforming use by discontinuing it for longer than one <br />ytir. <br />AHlrmed. <br />-J <br />—v —“1 • ^