SEBASTIAN CTY. ASS'N v. BD. OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT

No. 78-261.

577 S.W.2d 394 (1979)

SEBASTIAN COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS and Independent Living, Inc. v. BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT OF the CITY OF FORT SMITH, Arkansas, et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 1.

February 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Gitelman, Fayetteville, Stephen M. Sharum, Fort Smith, for appellant.

Daily, West, Core, Coffman & Canfield, Fort Smith, for appellees.


PURTLE, Justice.

Appellants, Sebastian County Association for Retarded Citizens and Independent Living, Inc., obtained an offer and acceptance to purchase a particular piece of property in the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, which was zoned R-2 for single family purposes. They applied to the Planning Department of Fort Smith for permission to use the property by a married couple who wanted to keep nine moderately retarded citizens, not their natural children, in the...

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