Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Dade County Board of County Commissioners v. Rockmatt Corp.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 3, 1970No. 69-375PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CARROLL, Judge.
The appellee Rockmatt Corp. sought a license from Dade County to operate a night club at a designated location in the county outside the limits of a municipality. ■ In order for its premises to meet the requirements for a night club Rock-matt needed to obtain a special exception to allow a prohibited enlargement df an existing building in which it operated a liquor bar as a nonconforming use, and also a special permit, in the nature of a variance, to operate a night club in an area in which the zoning applicable thereto did not authorize night clubs.1
The Dade County…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- City of Miami Beach v. PrevattSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
- Marks v. Zoning Bd. of Review of City of ProvidenceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1964
- State Ex Rel. Eichenbaum v. CochranSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
- Rubin v. SanfordDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
- Gilman v. ZONING BD. OF REVIEW OF TOWN OF W. WARWICKSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
3Cited by15 opinions
- E. B. Elliott Adv. Co., Henry F. Hill, Intervenor-Appellant v. Metropolitan Dade County, a Political Subdivision of the State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Coral Reef Nurseries, Inc. v. Babcock Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
- Rhema Christian Center v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning AdjustmentDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Thomson v. Dept. of Environmental Reg.Supreme Court of Florida · 1987
- Jet Air Freight v. Jet Air Freight Delivery, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972
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