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13..Required approval Ifa proposed conditional use satisfies both the general and specific standards set forth fn the zoning ordinance, the applicant is entitled to the conditional use permit. Importantly, if the applicant meets thegerieral and specific ordinance standards, the city usually has no legal. basis.fordenying the. .CUP. C. Time. limits A written request for a CUp is subject to Minnesota's 60-day:rule, and Must be approved or deified wi.thln 50 days of the. -time it is submittetl.to the city. A city may extend the time period for an additional*60.days, butdnly if it does.so 16 writing before expiration of the initial 60-day period. Under thb-60-day fule,hilure to approve or deny a request within the statutory time period is considered an approval. D. Other conditions on permits 1. Permitted Reasonable conditions relatirtgto the:ordinangestanciards maybe attached to a CUP*based wpon factual evidence. contained In public record: For example, if a zoning ordinance provides that a conditional use should riot have adverse --visual or noise impacts on any adjacent property, a city might require specific screening and landscaping-.conditioris to address any potentiai impacts established in the record. 2, Not permitted State statute provides that a CUP remains in effect as brig as the conditions agreed. upon are observed. the attorney general has founts that time limits such as sunset provisions or automatic annual review are not consistent with state law, explaining that cities may not enact or enforce. provisions that allow a city -.to terminate CUPs without regard to whether o.rnot the conditions agreed upon are observed. If a city wishes to place: time tonstra lbts:dn partllrulalr 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 tempora.ry:us.e of property until a. pai'tieular date, until the occurrence of a particularevent,.oruntil zoning regulations no longer permit it. IV. Public-h6arirtgs A proposed conditional rase is. allowed only after 4statutorily required public hearing. The city must provide -published notiteW the time, place, and.purpose of -the hearing arf a proposed .CUP. at least 10 daysprior to the day of the hearing, If the decision -affects an area -of `five acr s.or. less, the city may. need to mail notice.to.propertyowners within a 350400t.-radius of the land in question. The purpose.of the -public hearing is to help develop a factual record asto-whether the applicant meetsthe relevant ordinance standards such that the CUP should be granted. .A. City role in hearing. A city exerclses:so-called "quasi-judicial" authority. when considering a CUP application. This rneans that:the city.`s role is limited to applying the standardsin the ordinance to the facts presented by the application. The cityacts`like a fudge in evaluating the facts*agoinst the standardt.-If the applicant meets the standards, then the CUP should be granted. In contrast, when the city in zoning grdinance designates certain uses as conditional, the city is exercising "legislative." authority and. -has much broader discretion.