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<br />. <br /> <br />context. "Conditional Zoning", on the other hand, has found more <br /> <br />favor with the courts. Conditional zoning is where land is zoned, or <br /> <br />rezoned, on condition that the landowner or developer comply with <br /> <br />certain conditions, such as the completion of specified work on the <br /> <br />land to be rezoned, payment of fees, etc. <br /> <br />The concepts of contract zoning and conditional zoning have <br /> <br />received very little mention in Minnesota judicial decisions. Where <br /> <br />the issue has arisen at all, the courts have seemed to implicitly <br /> <br /> <br />validate the potential contract or conditional zoning. See City of <br /> <br /> <br />Mahtomedi v. Spychalla, 243 N.W.2d 31 (Minn., 1976); Housing <br /> <br /> <br />and Redevelopment Authority for Lincoln County v. Jorgenson, <br /> <br /> <br />328 N.W.2d 740 (Minn., 1983). The Minnesota courts have not <br /> <br /> <br />reversed or invalidated a local government zoning action by <br /> <br />finding it an illegal contract or conditional zoning. Furthermore, <br /> <br />the Attorney General has issued an opinion concluding that the <br /> <br />amendment of a zoning ordinance conditioned upon the successful <br /> <br /> <br />annexation ofland lying outside the corporate limits ofthe city is <br /> <br />valid. (Op., A.G. 59-a-32, October 8, 1970). <br /> <br /> <br />2. Planned Unit Developments. Although Minnesota law does not <br /> <br /> <br />expressly authorize Planned Unit Development ("PUD") <br /> <br />Agreements, Minn. Stat. ~462.3593 does authorize the approval of <br /> <br /> <br />PUDs as conditional uses, and Minn. Stat. ~ 462.358, subd. 2(a) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />