Ross v. City of Miami

The appellant is the owner of a lot located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Lejeune Road and Northwest Eleventh Street in the City of Miami. Adjacent thereto is a lot on which there is a gasoline service station.

The area was zoned for business uses which included gasoline service stations, but there was applicable thereto an ordinance of the city prohibiting the erection and location of such a gasoline service station within 750 feet of another. After having applied unsuccessfully to the city for a variance therefrom, the appellant filed a suit in equity in the circuit court,…