Legal Opinion
Morris v. City of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 24, 1953No. Civ. 19234PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShinn, P. J.
Prior to March, 1950, Sam Stephanian owned a lot at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Fiekett Street in the city of Los Angeles. The lot has a frontage of 45 feet on Pennsylvania Avenue and depth of 120.9 feet on Fiekett Street. There are two houses and a double garage on the lot; one house faces Fiekett and the other faces Pennsylvania. The area is zoned R4 (multiple dwelling zone) and the Los Angeles Comprehensive Zoning Plan, adopted as a part of the municipal code by ordinance No. 90,500, by an amendment adopted in 1950, provides that in an R4 zone “every lot shall have a minimum…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Simon v. Town of NeedhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Clemons v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
- Reynolds v. BarrettCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
- Skalko v. City of SunnyvaleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
- Bernstein v. BushCalifornia Supreme Court · 1947
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3Cited by11 opinions
- City of Los Angeles v. GageCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
- LaPointe v. City of SacoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- Hill v. City of Manhattan BeachCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- Negin v. Board of Building & Zoning Appeals of the City of MentorOhio Supreme Court · 1982
- Ross v. City of Yorba LindaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
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