STOKES v. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE

No. Q-419.

276 So.2d 200 (1973)

Harold F. STOKES, St. Johns Enterprises, Inc., a Corporation, et al., Appellants, v. The CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrie A. Boyer, Jacksonville, for appellants.

T. Edward Austin, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Thomas D. Oakley and W.E. Grissett, Jr., Asst. Gen. Counsel, for appellee.


RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellants' primary contention in this appeal from a final judgment in favor of appellee is that the City's action in failing to rezone appellants' property from a single family residence classification to a commercial intensive classification is so arbitrary and capricious that it constitutes an unconstitutional confiscation of appellants' property.

Seven lots comprising a little more than one acre of land are involved. The aggregate...

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