Surf Works, LLC and Nadime Karan Kowkabany v. City Of Jacksonville Beach

Petitioners Surf Works, L.L.C. and Na-dime Karan Kowkabany petition this court for a writ of certiorari to quash the circuit court’s decision upholding Respondent Jacksonville Beach’s denial of Petitioners’ application for rezoning. Because the circuit court applied the incorrect law, which departed from the essential requirements of the law, we grant the petition.

Background

In 2014, Petitioners filed a rezoning application seeking to rezone the classification of property in Jacksonville Beach from Central Business District to Redevelopment District (“RD”). The property was the site of Mango’s…