HOME BUILDERS ASS'N v. CITY OF SCOTTSDALE

No. 1 CA-CV 92-0210.

179 Ariz. 5 (1993)

875 P.2d 1310

HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL ARIZONA, a non-profit Arizona corporation; for and on behalf of all similarly situated; Grupe Development Co., Inc., an Arizona corporation; Knoell Bros. Construction, Inc., an Arizona corporation; Marlborough Development Corporation, an Arizona corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF SCOTTSDALE, a municipal corporation, Herbert R. Drinkwater, Rene Wendell, James D. Bruner, Kathryn Campana, Myron R. Deibel, William Soderquist, and Bill Walton, members of the City Council of the City of Scottsdale, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

Review Granted and Remanded July 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmichael & Powell, P.C. by Ronald W. Carmichael, Sid A. Horwitz, Brian A. Hatch, Phoenix, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Richard W. Garnett III, Scottsdale City Atty., Scottsdale, and Johnston, Maynard, Grant & Parker by Charles J. Adornetto, Phoenix, for defendants-appellants.

Shelley & Bethea by J. LaMar Shelley, Mesa, for amicus curiae League of Arizona Cities and Towns.


OPINION

WEISBERG, Judge.

The City of Scottsdale appeals from a trial court ruling that Scottsdale Ordinance 1940, imposing a water resource development fee upon new developments, violates Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. ("A.R.S.") section 9-463.05. Because we hold that a municipality's factual determination should be upheld unless clearly erroneous, arbitrary, and wholly unwarranted, we reverse the trial court and, for other reasons discussed below, remand for further...

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