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RAGUCCI v. METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT COM'N

No. 49S02-9805-CV-299.

702 N.E.2d 677 (1998)

Anthony F. RAGUCCI, Appellant (Defendant below), v. The METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF MARION COUNTY, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 2, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Griffith, Indianapolis, for Appellant.

Marguerite M. Sweeney, Indianapolis, for Appellee.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

BOEHM, Justice.

We granted transfer to consider the legal standards for evaluating changes in a legally established nonconforming use under a zoning ordinance. We hold that the interpretation of ordinances that restrict the expansion of nonconforming uses turns in the first instance on the specific language of the relevant ordinance, giving its words their plain, ordinary, and usual meaning. Each municipality is, subject to constitutional...

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