Renda v. Polk County

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

July 18, 1978, the Polk County Board of Supervisors adopted a zoning ordinance modification to regulate adult bookstores, adult motion picture theaters, and massage parlors. These regulations included a twelve-month amortization period designed to eliminate nonconforming uses. Plain tiffs’ adult bookstore and massage parlor did not comply with the concentration regulation and were subject to amortization.

In a suit for declaratory and injunctive relief plaintiffs sought to nullify defendants’ ordinance, claiming several statutory and constitutional infirmities.…