Comfort v. County Council of St. Louis County

GRIMM, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s decision (1) remanding and (2) subsequently affirming after remand the grant of an amended conditional use permit (CUP) by the St. Louis County Council. The council approved a proposed expansion by St. Luke’s Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals to add an office building and a parking garage to the existing hospital campus. Plaintiffs, numerous landowners who live near the hospital, opposed the CUP.

Plaintiffs raise three points on appeal, however we need address only their first point. They contend that the “circuit court erred in…