Griffith Realty Co. v. City of Oklahoma City

BAILEY, Judge:

This case comes on for review of the Trial Court’s grant of a permanent injunction prohibiting Appellant City of Oklahoma City (Appellant or City) from enforcing certain zoning restrictions on property owned by Appellee Griffith Realty Co. (Ap-pellee or Griffith). The subject property is the old Will Rogers Theater and is located in the Ellesmere-Douglas area at NW 43rd and Western in Oklahoma City. The theater has been in operation since the 1940’s, showing first run cinema until the late 1970’s, when increased competition forced closure. Since, the building has been used for…