DeShazo v. City of Huntsville

Dr. John DeShazo, a dentist, purchased a home at 8501 Hickory Hill Lane, Huntsville, Alabama, in 1978. In 1980, he enclosed the house's double garage, converting it into a dental office in which he began practicing dentistry in December, 1980, as an "accessory use" of the premises. Dr. DeShazo employed two people to assist him, a dental assistant and a receptionist-bookkeeper.

On a complaint by the City of Huntsville, Dr. DeShazo was convicted on March 6, 1981 in the Huntsville Municipal Court of violating Section 41.1 of Huntsville's Ordinance 63-93, which provides in part as follows:

"Section…