Legal Opinion
Crown Motors v. City of Redding
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 12, 1991No. C008292PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NICHOLSON, J.
—Crown Motors applied to the City of Redding for a use permit to construct and maintain an electronic reader board to display its advertising and other messages to the public. After Crown Motors filed its application, the city council enacted an ordinance prohibiting electronic reader boards. The ordinance was adopted as an urgency measure, thus becoming effective immediately and preventing issuance of the use permit to Crown Motors.
Claiming the urgency provision of the ordinance was enacted contrary to the provisions of Government Code section 36937, Crown Motors filed a…
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