Legal Opinion
Wilcox Associates v. Fairbanks North Star Borough
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided December 7, 1979No. 4349PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
A zoning dispute between Wilcox Associates (“Wilcox”), a partnership, and the Fairbanks North Star Borough has led to this appeal. Wilcox has sued the borough and two of its planners, Phil Berrian and Richard Wilhelm, for damages arising from the borough’s refusal to issue zoning permits to Wilcox until ordered to do so by the superior court.
Wilcox planned in the spring of 1975 to subdivide an eight-acre parcel in the borough into lots for “double-wide” mobile homes. While the property was not zoned for mobile homes, “double-wide” mobile homes were acceptable, and a borough zoning…
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