WHITING, Justice.
In this appeal, we determine whether a piecemeal reduction of permissible residential density, a so-called downzoning, from multi-family to single-family residential use was justified on the ground of the surrounding neighborhood's changed circumstances.
On February 21, 1969, the Planning Commission of the City of Chesapeake approved a property owner's preliminary subdivision plat of a 34-acre tract of land on Bells Mill Road in the City...
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