G-W DEVEL. CORP. v. VILLAGE OF NO. PALM BEACH Z.B. OF A.

No. 74-1047.

317 So.2d 828 (1975)

G-W DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a Florida Corporation, and George G. Graham, Individually, Appellants, v. The VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT and Mader & Ryan, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Harris Turner, Turner & Shapiro, Miami, for appellants.

Madison F. Pacetti, Caldwell, Pacetti, Barrow & Salisbury, Palm Beach, for appellee-Village of North Palm Beach Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Frederick Hollingsworth and Gary I. Zwickel, Sales & Christiansen, Palm Beach, for appellee-Mader & Ryan, Inc.


OWEN, Judge.

Absent statutory authority, does the circuit court have jurisdiction to review a quasi-judicial decision of a municipal zoning board? We answer this question in the affirmative.

For a number of years Fla. Stat. § 176.16 (1971) provided the means for statutory certiorari review of municipal zoning decisions. However, with the repeal of Ch. 176, F.S. by Ch. 73-129, Laws of Fla. (1973) (effective October 1, 1973), questions arose as to the proper...

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