Converse v. City of South Miami

SWANN, Judge.

One of its residents, John C. Converse, sued the City of South Miami, Florida. He sought a declaration that two sections of the city zoning ordinance relating to home occupation licensing were so vague as to be void and invalid or that the City arbitrarily and discriminatorily refused to renew a home occupation license it had previously issued to him.

After a hearing the trial court found those sections of the ordinance valid and that the City had not discriminated in its enforcement of the ordinance against the plaintiff. He has properly appealed from that final judgment.

Plaintiff…