CITY OF LAKELAND v. FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE

No. 81-1072.

405 So.2d 745 (1981)

CITY OF LAKELAND, Appellant, v. FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Cardwell, City Atty., Lakeland, for appellant.

Ernest M. Jones, Jr. of Jacobs, Valentine, Groseclose and Miller, P.A., Lakeland, for appellee.

Robert E. Puterbaugh of Peterson, Myers, Craig, Crews, Brandon & Mann, P.A., Lakeland, for Dwight I. Pugh, amicus curiae.


RYDER, Judge.

The City of Lakeland appeals from the circuit court's grant of certiorari to review a decision of the City's Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals. We hold that the lower court applied an incorrect standard of review, and we reverse.

Appellee College, desiring to construct a multi-story dormitory, elicited a ruling from the City's building inspector that the proposed dormitory would be subject to ordinary residential height restrictions. Appellee...

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