Legal Opinion
Ames 2304, LLC v. City of Ames, Zoning Board of Adjustment
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 8, 2019No. 17-1149PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTENSEN, Justice.
Ames 2304, LLC (Ames 2304) filed a petition for writ of certiorari after the City of Ames's Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) denied Ames 2304's permit for an interior remodel of a nonconforming use residential structure. The proposed remodel would increase the number of bedrooms while maintaining the same number of apartment dwelling units, and the ZBA determined the zoning ordinance prohibited this increase in bedrooms because it would increase the intensity of the nonconforming use. The district court annulled the writ, and the court of appeals reversed the district…
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