1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA, INC. v. STATE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

No. 1D98-3876.

760 So.2d 154 (2000)

1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA, INC., Friends of the Matanzas, Inc., Patrick Hamilton, George Hamilton, and G. William Hamilton, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, and St. Johns County, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Opinion Granting Clarification April 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrell K. Arline, Legal Director, 1000 Friends of Florida, Inc., Tallahassee, for Appellants.

Andrew S. Grayson, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Community Affairs, Tallahassee; Daniel J. Bosanko, Assistant County Attorney, and Geoffrey B. Dobson of Dobson & Brown, P.A., St. Augustine, for appellee St. Johns County.

Sidney F. Ansbacher, of Upchurch, Bailey, and Upchurch, P.A., St. Augustine, for Amicus Curiae St. Johns County School District.


JOANOS, J.

This appeal is from a final administrative order in which the Department of Community Affairs dismissed appellants' petition for a declaratory statement. In their petition, appellants sought a declaration that pursuant to the Growth Management Act, the installation of public facilities must be included in a county comprehensive plan to allow the public a voice in the policy level of county planning. We reverse...

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