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B. Required approval If a proposed conditional use.satisfies both the general :and specific standards set forth .in the zoning ordinance, -the applicant is entitled to the conditional Use permit. Importantly, if the applicant. meets the general and specific ordinance standards, the city usually has no legal basis for denying the CUP. C. Time flmits A written request. for a. CUP is subject to Minnesota's 60-day rule,...and must be approved or denied with in.60 days of the time it is submitted to the.city. A city may extend the time period .for an additional 60 days, but only if it:does so. in writing before expiration of the initial 60-day period.. Under the 60=day rule, failure to approve of deny a request within the statutory time period is considered an approval. D. Other conditions on permits 1. Permitted Reasonable conditions relating.to the ordinance. standards may be attached to a CUP based upon factual evidence contained in public record. For example,.if a zoning ordinance provides that..a conditional use should not have: adverse visual or noise impacts on any adjacent property, a city might require sp.ecificscreening and landscaping conditions to address any potential' impacts established in the record. 2. Not permitted State statute provides that a CUP remains in effect as.long as the. conditions agreed upon are observed. The attorney:generaI has found that time lirni.tssuch as sunset. provisions. orautomatic annual . review are not consistent with state law, explaining that cities`may not enact or enforce provisions that aIlow a city to term.ioate.CUPs without regard to whether or.not .the conditions agreed up.an are observed, ff a city wishes to place time constraints on particular uses, then the appropriate zoning tool is an interim. use permit, rather than a conditional use permit. State law. authorizes.interim use permits for .a temporaryuse of property until a particular date, until the occurrence of a particular event, or until zoning regulations no longer permit it; IV. Public hearings A propose d.conditionaI use is aIlowed :only after a statutorily required public hearing, The city must provide. published notice. of the time; plate, and purpose of..the hearing on a. proposed CUP at least 10 days prior to the day of the hearing. if the decision affects an area of five: acres or less; the city may need to mail notice to property owners within a 350-foot radlus of the land in:question. The purpose. of the public hearing is to help develop a factual record as .to whether the applicant meets the relevant ordinance standards such that the CUP should be granted.. A. City role in hearing. A:city exercises so-called. "quasi-judicial" authority when considering a CUP application. This means that the city's role is limited to applying the standards in the ordinance to the facts presented by the application. The city acts:like.a judge in:evaIuating the facts against the standards. if the applicant meets the standards, thenth e CUP shouId. be granted. In contrast, when the city in zoning ordinance designates certain uses as conditional, the city is exercising "legislative authority and has much broader discretion.