Farley v. DeMuth

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The issue on this appeal is whether the trial court correctly declared invalid an ordinance of the City of Devondale zoning a tract known as the Nachand tract which is located in the eastern portion of Jefferson County. The trial court held that the zoning of this property constituted spot zoning and concluded that the ordinance was invalid since it was an arbitrary and unreasonable classification of the property on the part of the Board of Trustees of the City of Devondale.

Prior to 1961 the Nachand tract, consisting of approximately 28 acres, had been zoned for…