Hans Hagen Homes, Inc. v. City of Minnetrista

OPINION

HANSON, Justice.

This appeal presents the question of whether a city’s failure to timely provide to an applicant a written statement of the reasons for the denial of a request regarding zoning, as required by subdivision 2(c) of Minn.Stat. § 15.99 (2004), triggers the automatic approval penalty for the failure *538of a city to timely “deny a request,” as provided in subdivision 2(a) of that section. Respondent Hans Hagen Homes, Inc. submitted a written application to appellant City of Minnetrista, requesting (1) rezoning of 220 acres of land and (2) an amendment to the City’s Comprehensive…