Hawkinson v. County of Itasca

Otis, Justice.

This is an action for a declaratory judgment to set aside an Itasca County ordinance zoning plaintiff’s property residential, and to authorize plaintiff to develop and expand lakeshore property for recreational-commercial purposes, or in the alternative to recover damages. The matter was tried to the court without a jury. Plaintiff appeals from the court’s decision that he was entitled to no relief other than the right to continue a nonconforming use of his lakeshore lots. We affirm.

The area in question is located on the southwest shore of “Sherry’s Arm” of Lake Pokegama in…