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Minn Stat. § 15.99, <br />subd. 1(c) . <br />Minn. Stat. § 15.99, <br />subd. 2(a). <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.358, <br />subd. 3b. <br />Advantage Capital <br />Mgmt, v. City of <br />Northfield, 664 <br />N.W.2d 421 (Minn. <br />Ct. App. 2003) . <br />Minn. Stat. § 15.99, <br />subd. 1(c) . <br />Minn Stat. § 15.99, <br />subd. 3(a) . <br />Minn. Stat. § 15.99, <br />subd. 3(c) . <br />Tollefson Dev., Inc. v. <br />City of Elk River, 665 <br />N.W.2d 554 (Minn. <br />Ct. App. 2003). <br />1. Scope of the rule <br />The rule applies to a "request a related to zoning." The courts have been <br />rather expansive in their interpretation of the phrase "related to zoning," and <br />many requests affecting the use of land have been treated as subject to the <br />law. The statute creates an exception for subdivision and plat approvals, <br />since those processes are subject to their own timeframes. The Minnesota <br />Court of Appeals has ruled that Minn. Stat. § 15.99 does not apply to <br />building permits. <br />2. Applications <br />A request must be submitted in writing on the city's application form, if one <br />exists. A request not on the city's form must clearly identify on the first page <br />the approval sought. The city may reject as incomplete a request not on the <br />city's form, if the request does not include information required by the city. <br />The request is also considered incomplete if it does not include the <br />application fee. <br />The 60 -day time period does not begin to run if the city notifies the <br />landowner in writing within 15 business days of receiving the application <br />that the application is incomplete. The city must also state what information <br />is missing. <br />If a city grants an approval within 60 days of receiving a written request — <br />and the city can document this - it meets the time limit even if that approval <br />includes certain conditions the applicant must meet. Subsequently, if the <br />applicant fails to meet the conditions, the approval may be revoked or <br />rescinded. An applicant cannot use the revocation or rescission to claim the <br />city did not meet the 60 -day time limit <br />When a zoning applicant materially amends their application, the 60 -day <br />period runs from the date of the written request for the amendment, not from <br />the date of the original application. However, minor changes to a zoning <br />request should not affect the running of the 60 -day period. <br />26 LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA. CITIES <br />