COMPTON, Justice.
In this land use case, the sole issue is whether, after amending a subdivision ordinance without making any provision to "grandfather" pending applications, a local governing body may lawfully invoke an unwritten "practice" of applying prior law to a pending application, and thereafter approve a subdivision prohibited by the amendment. We answer that question in the negative and reverse.
The relevant facts are not in dispute. In 1989, appellees...
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