City of Louisville v. Kavanaugh

REED, Justice.

In this zoning case the legislative body (Board of Aldermen) of the City of Louisville refused to rezone a parcel of real property from single family residential use to a zoning category that permitted multifamily or apartment use. When the applicants for the zone change, who are owners of the subject property, sought judicial review of the refusal, the judge of the circuit court declared the legislative body’s action to be arbitrary and directed that the property be rezoned for the multifamily residential use category recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission. The city…