Western Land Equities, Inc. v. City of Logan

STEWART, Justice:

Defendants appeal from a ruling of the district court that the City of Logan unlawfully withheld approval of plaintiffs’ proposed residential plan and was estopped from enforcing a zoning change that prohibits plaintiffs’ proposed use. We affirm the trial court’s order.

In February 1969 plaintiffs purchased 18.53 acres of property within the City of Logan. In April 1976, pursuant to a new land use ordinance, the property was zoned M — 1, a manufacturing zone which permitted single-family dwellings. Plaintiffs’ intent was to use the property for moderately priced single-family…