Hunke v. Foote

KNUDSON, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the district court granting a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring appellants (defendants) as administrative officers, mayor and councilmen of the city of Idaho Falls (hereinafter referred to as City) to remove an electrical substation from an area zoned by the city ordinance as residential. Respondents (plaintiffs) are residents of and taxpayers in the immediate vicinity of such substation.

The City owned parcel of land involved is rectangular in shape and is situate in the northwest portion of Temple View Park, a subdivision of the City,…