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MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF NEW CASTLE v. ROLLINS OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC.

459 A.2d 541 (1983)

The MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF NEW CASTLE, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Delaware, Plaintiff, v. ROLLINS OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC., Defendant.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: February 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Wolcott, Jr., and W. Laird Stabler, III, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, for plaintiff.

Harvey B. Rubenstein, and Michael A. Poppiti, Wilmington, for defendant.

BROWN, Chancellor.

This is an action brought to enforce a zoning regulation. Defendant has moved to dismiss. The issue presented calls into question the legality of a zoning ordinance which seeks to eliminate certain nonconforming uses through a gradual amortization of the value of the use. The question would appear to be one of first impression in this State.

The zoning ordinance involved was adopted by the plaintiff...

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