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Johnson v. Cook County. MN zoning, Minn. Stat. 15.99
Property owner made a zoning request in 2001, which was denied by the Cook County Board of County Commissioners. However, the board failed to state the reasons for the denial in writing, as required by Minn. Stat. 15.99, subd. 2. The landowner brought a declaratory action in 2006. He took the position that since the required written reasons were never given, this constituted an automatic approval of the request. . The Minnesota Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Justice Dietzen, reversed the the Court of Appeals. The Supreme Court held that County's failure to provide reasons did not constitute automatic approval of the request under that statute.
No. A08-1501, 786 N.W.2d 291 (Minn. July 29, 2010).
Please see the original opinion for the court's exact language.
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