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own. comi defers a has even the "slightest validity." White Bear Docking & Storage, 324 .W.2d at 176. The fact that the crematorium would emit toxic compounds, including radioactive particles if a person who had received brachytherapy was cremated, in a residential neighborhood 2,500 feet away from a reservoir supplying drinking water without Roselawn showing that emission of these toxic compounds will not affect the general health, welfare, and public safety provides a factual basis for the city to deny the conditional use pem1it. Because the city denied Roselawn's application for a conditional use perrnit for a legally sufficient reason that has a factual basis in the record, we conclude the city's decision was not unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious. See C.R. Invs., 304 N.W.2d at 325. We also disagree with Roselawn's argument that the city acted unreasonably because it did not order an environmental assessment worksheet before denying the conditional use permit. The burden is on the applicant for a conditional use penl1it to show that the proposed use will meet the standards provided for in the zoning ordinance. Minn. Stat. S 462.3595, subd. 1. If Roselawn believed that such a worksheet would show that the operation of a crematorium would not present a danger to the community, the burden was on Roselawn to provide such or at least to it be allowed to complete the assessment before the city council made its final decision. DECISION The city did not act unreasonably, arbitrarily, or capriciously when it denied Roselawn's request for a conditional use perrnit. Affirmed. * Retired judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, serving by appointment pursuant to Minn. http://www.courts.state.mn.us/opinions/coa/current/opa040672-1123.htm 11/23/2004