SMITH v. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

No. 89-939.

460 N.W.2d 854 (1990)

Richard L. SMITH, Appellant, v. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF the CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Affeldt of Elderkin & Pirnie, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Mohammad H. Sheronick, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, SCHULTZ and CARTER, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

This is an appeal by a property owner challenging an order upholding the refusal of the Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment to legitimatize a nonconforming use of property under a local zoning ordinance. Plaintiff challenged the board's action in a certiorari proceeding brought under Iowa Code section 414.15 (1989). The district court upheld the board. So do we.

This dispute involves a tiny lot with a street frontage of only twenty-one feet and...

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