Daniel D. Rappa, Inc. v. Engelhardt

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment. of the Court of Chancery enjoining the action of the Levy Court of New Castle County in rezoning certain lands of Daniel D. Rappa, Inc.

The determinative question before us is: Did the savings clause of the 19,66 Amendment to Article XX of the Zoning Code of-New Castle County apply to petitions for zoning change which had been filed and finally acted upon by the Levy Court as of the date of adoption of the amendment, as well as to those petitions which had been file'd and were pending as of that date?

The chronology is important. In…