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<br />. <br /> <br />394 (1967); Frank's Nursery Sales, Inc. v. City of <br /> <br /> <br />Roseville, 295 N.W.2d 604 (Minn., 1980). Therefore, it is <br /> <br /> <br />important that zoning ordinances be clear and be adopted in <br /> <br /> <br />strict compliance with the statutory requirements. <br /> <br />5. Standards for Judicial Review. <br /> <br /> <br />a) Notwithstanding the limitations set forth above, local <br /> <br /> <br />government has very broad discretion with respect to the <br /> <br /> <br />adoption and amendment of zoning ordinances. The <br /> <br />adoption of a zoning ordinance is a legislative act of local <br /> <br />government. Courts will generally not interfere with the <br /> <br />legislative discretion and policy decisions of a local <br /> <br /> <br />governing body. Denny v. City of Duluth, 295 Minn. 22, <br /> <br /> <br />202 N.W.2d 892 (1972); Sun Oil Co. v. Village of New <br /> <br /> <br />Hope, 300 Minn. 326, 220 N.W.2d 256 (1974). In <br /> <br /> <br />determining the constitutionality of a zoning ordinance, the <br /> <br /> <br />courts will presume that the governing body investigated <br /> <br /> <br />and found conditions necessary for enactment of the <br /> <br /> <br />proposed legislation, will presume that the legislation is <br /> <br /> <br />constitutional, and will shift the burden of proving an <br /> <br /> <br />ordinance unconstitutional to the party attacking its <br /> <br /> <br />validity. If a zoning ordinance is not clearly unreasonable <br /> <br /> <br />and arbitrary, is supported by a rational basis, and operates <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />