City of Las Vegas v. MacChiaverna

OPINION

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of a property owner in a zoning dispute. We affirm.

In 1966, the Las Vegas City Commission enacted an ordinance which designated the property involved in this case as a commercial zone (C-1). Years earlier, this property had been improved with guest houses, gardens, and recreational facilities, including a miniature train with tracks. The City of Las Vegas concedes that the ordinance on its face clearly zoned the property as C-1. City’s position throughout these proceedings, however, has been that the city commission intended to zone the…