Dyas v. City of Fairhope

THIGPEN, Judge.

This is a zoning case.

Charles Dyas and others (plaintiffs/appellants), who own a certain parcel of property referred to as the Triangle, sought to have the property rezoned. The rezoning request was recommended to be denied by the Fairhope Planning and Zoning Commission on September 9, 1986, and was subsequently denied by the Fairhope City Council (Council) on October 20, 1986. The City of Fairhope (City) refused to rezone the Triangle from an R-l (low density single-family residential district) and R-4 (low density multi-family residential district), to a B-2 (general business…