City of Minneapolis v. Church Universal & Triumphant

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

This is a case of first impression. The City of Minneapolis originally commenced this zoning action in the form of a motion for a temporary injunction pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Annotated section 462.-362 (West Supp.1983) to prevent respondent Church Universal and Triumphant (Church) from using the premises at 4551-55 East Lake Harriet Parkway as a church, monastery, convent, seminary, rectory, parsonage, parish house or religious retreat. Lake Harriet Residents, an unincorporated association of residents living in the neighborhood of the Church, intervened as…