In Re the Request of Lafayette Development Corp.

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Appellant City of South St. Paul asserts its prerogative to decide whether a roadway should be' used and maintained and challenges the trial court’s order granting a writ of mandamus to compel the city to acknowledge that a partially improved end of a street is open to public use. We affirm.

FACTS

Respondent Lafayette Development Corp. owns a 28-acre parcel of land that is located mostly in the City of Inver Grove Heights but borders the southern city limits of South St. Paul. The tract abuts two platted South St. Paul neighborhoods that are separated by a dedicated…