Wheeler v. Gregg

Plaintiffs herein, numbering 25 individual and one corporate property owners whose properties Re within 3,000 feet of 115 acres of land owned or leased by defendant Gregg, instituted this action to have declared unconstitutional and void the action of the council of the city of Los Angeles whereby, on October 2, 1946, said council granted to defendant Gregg a variance permit (in reality a conditional use permit under section 12.24 of Ordinance No. 90500) to excavate for the commercial production of rock, sand and gravel in an area of land containing some 105 acres. Plaintiffs alleged that the…