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<br />...LLEN W. HINDER...KER
<br />CLIF"F"ORD "1, GREE:NE
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<br />DAVID A. JONES
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<br />LEE E. SHEEHY
<br />l.ESLIE GILLETTE
<br />MIC",...EL T, NIL...N
<br />DAVID J, EOOUIST
<br />CATHERINE A. POLASKY
<br />STEVEN G, HElKENS
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<br />Mayor and City Council
<br />City of New Brighton
<br />New Brighton, MN 55112
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<br />Re: Walburn, Ltd. - Proposed "Sensitive Industrial"
<br />Designation in Comprehensive Plan
<br />Our File Number 6510-001
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<br />Dear Mayor and City Council:
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<br />This office represents Walburn, Ltd., a Minnesota Limited
<br />Partnership.
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<br />In November, 1980, Walburn, Ltd. accquired the 33.1 acre
<br />triangular site described in the application for preliminary plat
<br />approval as "Generally West of Old Highway 8, South of Butcher's
<br />Spur, and East of the City open space".
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<br />The property is now, was at that time, and has for a consider-
<br />able length of time been zoned 1-2, Heavy Industrial.
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<br />Walburn, Ltd. has requested that we communicate with you
<br />relative to the proposed classification of the property in question
<br />as "Sensitive Industrial" under the Comprehensive Plan now under
<br />consideration by the City.
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<br />It is our opinion that such a "down-zoning" of the property
<br />would not be legally appropriate and would in fact constitute a
<br />"taking" of property under Article I, Section 13 of the Minnesota
<br />State Constitution which provides that "Private property shall not
<br />be taken, destroyed, or damaged for public use without just compen-
<br />sation therefor, first paid or secured".
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<br />The line between proper restrictions lawfully imposed under
<br />a municipality's interest right to act to promote the health
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