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LMCIT risk <br />management memos, <br />The Necessity of <br />Adequate Findings: <br />Reasons to Support <br />Municipal Land Use <br />Decisions, and Land <br />Use Findings of Fact <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.358 <br />subd 3c <br />Semler Const., Inc. v. <br />City of Hanover, 667 <br />N.W.2d 457 (Minn. <br />Ct. App., 2003). <br />Henning v. Village of <br />Prior Lake, 435 <br />N.W.2d 627 (Minn. <br />Ct. App., 1989) <br />See Section III -D <br />Interim ordinances. <br />E. Importance of documentation of city <br />decisions on applications <br />City decisions on subdivision applications, just like zoning decisions, may <br />result in a lawsuit challenging the city's approval or denial of the application. <br />Documentation of the city's basis for denials and approvals is essential to <br />defending the city's decision in a court of law. <br />F. Effect of Approval <br />For a period of one year after approval of a preliminary plat and two years <br />after final approval of a plat, amendments to the city's comprehensive plan <br />and official controls cannot alter or affect the approved development's: <br />• Use <br />• Development density <br />• Lot size <br />• Lot layout <br />• Dedications or platting required or permitted by the approved plat. <br />Cities and developers may mutually agree to alterations within these time <br />periods. Cities may also agree by resolution or written agreement to extend <br />these one- and two -year timelines for planned and staged developments. <br />Once a city has agreed to an extension, it may not unilaterally revoke the <br />extension. Cities may place conditions on such extensions. <br />Where a subdivision has been granted preliminary approval, but final <br />approval has not been applied for in one year, or where final approval is <br />granted, but the development is not completed within two years, the city may <br />request that a developer submit a new subdivision application. Cities may not <br />request a new application where: <br />• Substantial development and investment have occurred in reliance on the <br />approved preliminary or final plat. <br />• The developer will suffer substantial financial damage as a result of the <br />requirement to submit a new application. <br />In these instances, a city may still require the developer to submit to any <br />applicable conditions and requirements as a prerequisite to an extension. <br />An interim ordinance or moratorium may not delay or prohibit a subdivision <br />that has been given preliminary approval, nor extend the time for action <br />under the 60 -Day Rule with respect to any application filed prior to the <br />effective date of the interim ordinance. <br />24 LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA. CITIES <br />