City ofRichfield v. Local No. 1215, Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters, 276 N.W.2d 42, 45 (Minn. 1979); State v. Ellis, 476 N.W.2d 662, 664 (Minn.App. 1991), review denied (Minn. Dec. 13, 1991).
1989). Statutes and local ordinances are presumed valid and will not be declared unconstitutional unless clearly shown to be so. City of St. Paul v. Kekedakis, 293 Minn. 334, 336, 199 N.W.2d 151, 153 (1972); State v. Ellis, 476 N.W.2d 662, 664 (Minn.App. 1991), review denied (Minn. Dec. 13, 1991).
1981) (finding that the district court erred in admitting testimony from a nonlawyer witness that the defendant's conduct violated the National Electrical Safety Code); Pratt v. State, Dep't of Natural Resources, 309 N.W.2d 767, 770 (Minn. 1981) (assuming a nonlawyer witness could testify as to whether certain lakes were public waters according to state statute); State v. Ellis, 476 N.W.2d 662, 666 (Minn.App. 1991) (permitting a nonlawyer housing inspector to testify that conditions violated the housing code), review denied (Minn. Dec. 13, 1991).