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use perrnit when to show proposed use not affect the general public health, safety, or welfare of the community. OPINION ROBERT H. SCHUMACHER, Judge Appellant Roselawn Cemetery challenges the district court's entry of summary judgment 111 favor of respondent City of Roseville arguing the city acted arbitrarily, capriciously, or unreasonably when it denied Roselawn a conditional use pelmit to build a crematorium at its existing location. We affirrn. FACTS In May 2001, Roselawn submitted an application to the city for a conditional use pelmit to place an 1800-square- foot crematorium on its property. Roselawn is located on the northeast comer of Larpenteur Avenue and Victoria Street in Rosevil1e. Roselawn is bordered to the north by "Reservoir Woods" and by residential homes to the east. A reservoir that provides the City of Saint Paul with water lies approximately 2,500 feet northeast of Roselawn. Roselawn's property is in an area zoned R-l. Under the city's zoning ordinances, operation of a crematorium in an R-1 area requires a conditional use perrnit. In July 2001, the Rosevil1e Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of the conditional use penn it subject to certain conditions and the matter was forwarded to the city council. Approximately two weeks later, the Rosevil1e City Council held an open meeting to discuss Roselawn's application. The city requested Anne Jackson, an engineer with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Emie Czirok from All Crematory-a major supplier of crematory fumaces-and two individuals from the nearby Forest Lawn Crematorium attend the meeting. Included in the record before the city council was a repOli from Industrial Equipment & http://www.courts.state.mn.us/opinions/coa/current/opa040672-1123.htm 11/23/2004