Chaikin v. City of Miami

CHILLINGWORTH, Associate Justice:

The petitioners sought the issuance of a license to sell intoxicating liquors in a package store, in the City of Miami. They filed a petition for a declaratory decree under the provisions of F.S.A. Sec. 87.01, basing their contention upon the invalidity of Municipal Ordinance No. 2896, which prevented the issuance of a new license for one whose place of business would be located in what was termed a “Combination Residential and Business Zone,” within 2500 feet of an established licensee. The Chancellor, in a comprehensive final decree, upheld the validity of…