Wells v. Fiscal Court of Jefferson County

CULLEN, Commissioner.

On recommendation of the Louisville & Jefferson County Planning Commission, the fiscal court of Jefferson County adopted a resolution rezoning a parcel of land in the county from R-4 (single-family) to R-7 (multi-family). 1 Several persons owning single-family residences in the vicinity of the rezoned parcel brought action against the fiscal court and the owners of the rezoned parcel, to contest the validity of the rezoning. The circuit court upheld the rezoning, and from its judgment the protestants have taken this appeal. As shall hereinafter be developed, the principal…