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7/12/07
Wensmann Realty, Inc., v. City of Eagan, 734 N.W.2d 623 (Minn. 2007).

A city does not lack a rational basis for declining to amend its comprehensive plan to permit residential development of golf course property, where retention of the existing land use designation preserves open and recreational space and reaffirms historical land use designations and where the proposed amendment raises concerns regarding traffic and school overcrowding.

Under the circumstances presented in this case, a city\'s denial of an application to amend its comprehensive plan to permit residential development of golf course property constitutes a regulatory taking under the Minnesota Constitution if the denial leaves no reasonable use of the property.