Weatherford v. City of San Marcos

OPINION

DAVID PURYEAR, Justice.

In this cause, we are confronted with a dispute between a property owner, his neighbors, and a city over the property owner’s attempts to develop his property for commercial purposes. The property owner, Jack Weatherford, his neighbors, and the City of San Marcos met, negotiated, and agreed in principle that some commercial development of Weatherford’s property was possible. Weatherford’s subsequent rezoning requests, however, were denied. He sued the City of San Marcos and the City Council (collectively, the “City”), claiming their denials violated his rights to…