Legal Opinion
SLS Partnership v. City of Apple Valley
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided March 2, 1993No. C2-92-1379PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVIES, Judge.
The City of Apple Valley (the city) appeals a writ of mandamus prohibiting it from enforcing its zoning ordinances against a mobile home park. The trial court concluded that operation of the park was permitted under an ordinance allowing pre-existing nonconforming uses, holding the ordinance grandfathered mobile homes so long as they are located on original pads. We reverse.
FACTS
In 1958, the board of the Township of Lebanon adopted Ordinance No. 3, regulating mobile homes. In 1959, the board approved a plan for a mobile home park consisting of 95 lots on a 40-acre parcel.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jack Frost, Inc. v. Engineered Building Components Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
- Kugling v. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
- County of Lake v. CourtneyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1990
3Cited by1 opinion
- SLS PARTNERSHIP v. City of Apple ValleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1994