Takhar v. Town of Taos

OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

{1} The Town of Taos halted completion of Plaintiffs apartment complex, requiring Plaintiff to obtain a special use permit before continuing with completion of the complex. The Town’s asserted reason for stopping completion was that the approvals and permits issued for the project were based on Plaintiffs misstatement of acreage, causing impermissible density. Plaintiff sought and was denied a special use permit. She then filed an action in district court asserting claims of estoppel and inverse condemnation. The district court granted the Town’s Rule 1-012(B)(6) NMRA 2004…