National Super Markets, Inc. v. City of Bellefontaine Neighbors

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs, National Super Markets and Hope Baptist Church, appeal from the judgment of the trial court in a declaratory judgment action upholding the reasonableness of the city’s R-l zoning of a tract of land owned by the church. That zoning classification is the most restrictive single family zoning in the city. National has a contract to purchase the land in question conditioned upon the rezoning of the property to C-3 to allow utilization of the property for a super market. The city refused to rezone. We affirm.

The trial court filed extensive findings of fact and…