City of Pompano Beach v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Pompano Beach

WALDEN, Chief Judge.

Petitioners appeal an order which dismissed their petition for certiorari upon the ground that they were not proper parties to bring the action.

This cause had its genesis in the denial, by the Assistant City Engineer of the City of Pompano Beach, of a permit to erect a gasoline filling station. An appeal from this denial was taken to the zoning board of appeals. It approved the permit for the gas station, thereby granting a variance from the zoning laws of the city.

Petitioners, the City of Pompano Beach, the city manager and the five city commissioners, alleged standing to…