Pawn America Minnesota, LLC v. City of St. Louis Park

OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

At issue here is the scope of a municipality’s authority to adopt an interim zoning ordinance that placed a moratorium on the establishment of pawnshops within the municipality. Appellant Pawn America Minnesota, LLC, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, asking the district court to (1) declare invalid an interim ordinance adopted by respondent City of St. Louis Park that placed a moratorium on the establishment of pawnshops and the issuance of new pawnbroker licenses, (2) declare that Pawn America is legally entitled to a pawnbroker license, and (3)…