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ROLL CALL.
aeaaca.t: Chatroan Y.°_chma d Tle =:dcrr, Jc "Ln Mayer, PMA
an 1.e". it 0M:UILa, -,-e u L, :'aexson i -,7_3
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4 iEi �e?7: °tee Dr. Riolk=- d 7i_Q=rm, Fa -21c PStei..,Gon, LiSur
Davl3 u.ElborC a, J:on c`��Zd°�S?,F,�"C."3T1, t e G.' ^ ^:°Lati lam& Drot.hc "s. Jt)Li
and Pal IZPp'ner, OA'.:f H;,narvr,
Absent: None
APPROVAL OF MI-TOT M,- a IMU 'fAG Crr � =Pp- uri i ,
Tbe following CGYY Oct Lc%s az,'4�2 to rc� Ll[:be IT, mi:'� :' ez-.
Page 2, Dfrecto =.an Report of Ri-wel�. + %_.'. °ca.r i`Ne rcllov2n,-'
People also %tto:gded ""his Thz1 . ire " 7i 01, � i �s P3'`GS S 1 C
the State OZ :'`iiicuesotri, ana ,17r",,.l:z wzr -el fl= hfY Par!<
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Poe 3, itaxeg`n`Ypz 6), l.'_L::i 6 ahGul
for City* Conte^ i. >CL+ C4iY 'bi Ye be iY7Efrr x`c di this ? r« .....
lox. B xo-d Made V. -,o' ,rTo,7 th:.,t Lo minutes cf the maatin& of Scvpt-�,�b *c -Li 'd�Srj
he approved EIS -- Ornectea lttL. P.Tull.iaa e1G'G<'t`7(G. i7ptit: L voi :e 'if4`ts,
'hero, no nays, eai3 veutIon a<.=40-d "rna imoLslj,
`1'REZONA PR43-FZiMY,
Wyman Smith ivzi =,itscd . dr &ft xcvolutio,a foc wh& 'Lo hr,�ita °c _3� rr o 1 M'Ir� a
SeII0Y €"dP�� from � 4i2 gip �k:3Ei 3}R s. 1ci:e3 y C ^pi;`b
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discsin3ing she ieg,�i7 wt ct of zcazirZ, ca n ed or lEkc-ly in
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BILIS EIa ,iTIZ! RON wrs., ' `O A,G isSr. IL yAHO Oa U
Chairman Rard.i foal % 18 ",'.1C„ ` f"i''L.'niJ' Krz' Jal''.: ,(`, I c'C G V'Cf
}iixector Allah A3iC7.orpn'Bn inviting the Dii- 1C'i.or to t:1wak iU.ilZY, tha : ;.'k`s'CSei:o u
St. William's Ghe ch on Catcbew 14, 196', In Wo ie S cr, ; Nyc, Donate.,,'
oug6 atud `..1"a LOW, "Whin X421 ^_naval V};at Qf, Now- Or ths %+r'pic.. by
eiNersoYi. 0lGtuW W>t`t tits accepted the SUFJO".3':Y title !,ne will :++'I.rovent 'shc
Authoxlty at the ia�-t3n&,
BILLS AND COMM?i63GATICY *"a - LITTER OM TWITR REE31 OP ST. l�T AS °JgbTaCH,
Chstammul Kerdee real a IeWV reclivad Avon F'rth"r sn.'',_ daIad
1965, g ving a summary of tha Ourah "s pasit io: on IhAxa
Qomman1",'.xs CiPier NO Bartow ?`W a la t tur ai'" n ,'n -&t 194f.d Hoila
,Ay3T*ncy, {}fTiva of `clam's Regional '.:e'S.icggga, 1111nols„ UtO
S pt@Lbcr 2s 1265, subject: Rapp t an WYE Renewal VIVY TWO 01,
edncsda , Wg et 25, 1565.
KL S AW CUSHUHEt;RT?O NS ._ Ws rFjK OF 11" E1111 Pi [CU T5
Chairman Her dpr received bhr'' Bail' –^r G f luie _ 2-aY zo by T(A's'�? t
Lasociste , Wed FiL?glimd` a 2A, 1565; oK N, 5'iz " –Vru¢^ of 1z1,=a 'R..'ZIYln�
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for the approval of ha i an P Appljm' ,-,ic�2 icer `Lhe GIty .s°G' -" Project r ^s4°Css-
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TO: Wyman Smith
FROM: Martin Lewis
DATE: September 8, 1965
Question: What is the law as to the right to show changes,
or likely changes in a zoning ordinance as affecting the reasonable
value of property "being acquired in a condemnation action?
Discussion:
Section 13 of Article I of the Minnesota Constitution pro-
vides that private property shall not be taken, destroyed, or damaged
for public use without ",lust compensation ", therefor, first paid or
secured. Section 4 of Article 10 provides that land may be taken for
a public way, for the purpose of granting to a corporation the franchise
of way for public use, if a "fair and equitable compensation" shall be
paid for the land and the "damages" arising from the taking.
Thus it has been said that to compute "just compensation ", the
highest and best use may be shown. On this point, Palmer says:
"...The rule is well established that market value
of property taken is not limited to the value of
the property for the purposes for which it is being
or actually been used. The value may be based upon
the highest and best use; and so the value should not
be limited because the owner was too ignorant or too
uninterested to take advantage of the full possibilities
of his property." Palmer, Condemnation Law(1961) §77.
That our exact question has not escaped the attention of the
treatise writers is clear in 1 Orgel, Valuation Under Eminent Domain
§34 where it is said:
"The courts have had little difficulty in reaching
what seems to us to be a proper result in cases in-
volving zoning ordinances. It is generally held
that although an ordinance may prohibit the use of the
property for certain purposes at the time of condem-
nation, yet if there is a reasonable probability that
the ordinance may be changed or an exception made, the
Value for that purpose as affected by the existing or-
dinance may be— considered."
The above section of 1 Oregel cites Long Beach City High
School District of Los Angeles v. Stewart, 30 Cal 2d 763, 185 Pac 2d
585, 173 ALR 249(1947),where the plaintiff while taking the defendant's
property for a school was successful in limiting the defendant's wit-
nesses to testimony based upon probable uses of his property within
existing zoning laws. Defendant had acquired the property in 1905
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and later built a dwelling house, barn, storeroom and shed. Still
later he built a garage and small repair shop. On three sides of
defendant's tract the development since 1905 was residential. On the
fourth side was located a Union Pacific Railroad right -of -way. There
had been no industrial development except stores and beer parlors.
in 1941, this property was zoned into a single family residence dis-
trict. Thereafter the defendant's shop was operated under a "non-
conforming use permit ".
Defendant - appellant contends:
11(1) the jury was erroneously instructed to limit
this consideration of value to the use to which
the property might be put under existing zoning
ordinances;
(2) the testimony of appellant's expert witness
was erroneously limited to statements as to value
of the land for residential purposes; and
(3) the court erred in refusing to permit appellant
to testify as to the reasons for his opinion as to
value."
The court affirmed the decision of the lower court and said;
"...the general rule is that present market value
must ordinarily be determined by consideration
only of the uses for which the land 'is adapted
and for which it is available.' The exception
to this general rule is that if the land is not
presently available for a particular use by reason
of a zoning ordinance or other restrnction imposed
by law, but the evidence tends to show a 'reasonable
probability' of a change 'in the near future' in
the zoning ordinance or other restriction, then the
effect of such probability upon the minds of pur-
chasers generally may be taken into consideration
in fixing present market value." 173 ALR at 254.
(1930).
Accord, Beverly Hills v. Anger, 110 Cal.App. 626,294 P 476
However, if the possible change in a zoning ordinance re-
stricting the use of the property condemned is purely speculative
such possibility is,not to be considered. See Long Beach ... v. Stewart,
supra.
The Minnesota Court has had occasion to consider this
question. In Duluth and W.R.Co. y. West,51 Minn 163, 53 NW 197(1892),
a railroad company's proceeding to condemn land for a right -of -way, it
was held that the owner in question was entitled to introduce in evidence
a statute extending the limits of Duluth so as to take in the land,
even though the statute was not to take effect for three years.
By far the most important decision in Minnesota on this ques-
tion is State v. Pahl, 254 Minn 349, 95 NW 2d 85(1959) where in con-
sidering this question, the Court said:
"Existing valid zoning ordinances may prescribe or
limit those uses which may be considered in proving
market value. Evidence of value for uses prohibited
by an ordinance may be introduced and considered
only where there is evidence showing a reasonable
probability that the ordinance will be changed in
the near future." 95 NW 2d at 90.
See also State v. Casey, 263 Minn 47, 115 NW 2d 749(1962)
where the condemnee based the damages to his gravel pit upon the delayed
(7 years) use as commercial building sites. The Court said:
"...The measure of compensation in Eminent Domain, 17
Minn L. Rev. 461:
'...evidence of the different advantageous uses to which
the property is adopted in its present conditions is
admissible, and likewise any use to which the property
might be put in the future ought to be considered, if
such use is sufficiently practicable and probable
as to be likely to influence the price which a present
purchaser would give for it.' 11 115 NW 2d at 754.
In a case note of the Stewart case, supra, the student editor
at 46 Mich L. Rev. 988 argues that the trial fudge, not the jury,
should decide as a preliminary question of fact whether the evidence
indicates a reasonable probability of change of the zoning ordinance.
Then if such probability exists, evidence of .value for restricted
uses could be presented for consideration of the fury.
Conclusion: Evidence of likely changes in the zoning or-
ainances which are not purely speculative is admissable to show the
highest and best use to which a condemned property can be put.
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