City of Los Fresnos v. Gonzalez

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

In a trial to the bench, the City sought an injunction to cease all development of certain real property and to require the defendants below to replat the property according to local zoning ordinance. After the City rested, the trial court granted appel-lees’ motion for judgment. 830 S.W.2d 627. We affirm.

Tom Brooks, city manager of Los Fres-nos, first suspected a zoning violation on a drive through town when he noticed defendant Gilberto Gonzales moving a substandard building onto the Gallegos subdivision. He considered the activity unusual because the property was…