ALACHUA COUNTY v. LEWIS OIL CO., INC.

No. 88-280.

554 So.2d 1210 (1989)

ALACHUA COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. LEWIS OIL COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Bustin, County Atty., Mary A. Marshall, Asst. County Atty., Gainesville, for appellant.

William C. Andrews of Scruggs & Carmichael, P.A., Gainesville, for appellee.


NIMMONS, Judge.

Alachua County appeals from a final judgment permanently enjoining the County from enforcing a moratorium on the construction of underground petroleum storage tanks. We affirm.

Pursuant to Sections 376.30-376.317, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1986), the state has preempted the field of regulation of underground petroleum storage tanks. A county wishing to impose standards more extensive or stringent than those imposed under state law or rules must...

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