City of Little Rock v. Infant-Toddler Montessori School, Inc.

John F. Stroud, Justice.

This is a suit for declaratory judgment to construe a portion of the zoning ordinances of the City of Little Rock. As we disagree with the findings of the chancellor, we reverse the decree.

Appellees purchased a parcel of real property in 1978 on Kavanaugh Boulevard with the intention of establishing a Montessori school for infants aged one through three years. The property was zoned “A” one-family district, as is the great majority of the property in the vicinity. However, there is an apartment house and duplex within the same half block of the subject property, a post…