Hall v. Jefferson County

This is a land use case. The appeal is from a final judgment of the circuit court in which Plaintiffs/Appellants Jess W. Hall, S L Beverages Blends, Inc., and Lucian Simonetti sought, and were denied, rezoning of their real property from classification C-1 to C-3. We reverse and remand.

Under a C-1 classification, the subject property could be used for, inter alia, service stations, bakeries, banks, barber and beauty shops, bowling alleys, bus stations, cafes and restaurants, dog kennels, drug stores, fortune telling and palmistry, hotels, ice cream, soda and soft drink dispensing…