Nolan v. BD. OF ADJ. OF IOWA CITY, IOWA

SCHLEGEL, Judge.

Plaintiff, John Nolan, appeals from the district court decision in this certiorari action affirming defendant board’s decision that a building permit issued to the plaintiff had been illegally issued. The defendant board revoked the building permit because the access to the parking area shown on the plat plan was not available when the building permit was issued to the plaintiff. We are faced with the issue of whether plaintiff has a legal right of access to a dedicated but unopened alley abutting his property with a concomitant right to improve and reasonably use it. We…