Rinker Materials Corp. v. City of North Miami

The appellant was the petitioner for a writ of certiorari in the circuit court. It appeals a final order denying the petition. In the circuit court, the appellant sought to review and quash a decision of the City of North Miami’s Board of Adjustment, subsequently affirmed by the City Council, which ruled that the City’s Building and Zoning Department had been correct in denying a permit to the petitioner to construct a ready-mix concrete batching plant on its property in the City’s industrial zone. The Board of Adjustment and the City Council reasoned that the operation of a ready-mix…