PETTITT v. CITY OF FRESNO

Docket No. 1681.

34 Cal.App.3d 813 (1973)

110 Cal. Rptr. 262

WILLIAM H. PETTITT et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CITY OF FRESNO et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

October 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Spencer Thomas, Jr., City Attorney, Alan D. Davidson, Assistant City Attorney, A. Grant Macomber, James A. McKelvey, Norton O. Nishioka and John N. Kopsinis, Deputy City Attorneys, for Defendants and Appellants.

Leonard C. Hoar, Jr., for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

BROWN (G.A.), P.J.

The principal question in this case is whether a municipality can be estopped to deny the validity of a building permit issued in violation of a zoning ordinance.

In 1963 William H. Pettitt and Loretta P. Pettitt, his wife (hereinafter "Pettitts"), were contemplating the purchase of the premises at 3115-3117 North Wilson Street, Fresno, for the purpose...

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