Parker v. Preston

Murray S. Parker is the owner of 3.865 acres of land lying north of, and abutting, State Route 619 in Summit County, Ohio. This land, which has a road frontage of 247.23 feet on Route 619, connects with a 24.47-acre parcel of land of Parker on the north. Parker considers the 28.335 acres one tract of land, although the two tracts were purchased at different times.

The land along Route 619, in the area of the land here under discussion, is zoned for commercial purposes to a depth of 500 feet; in the rear of that depth the zoning is for single residential purposes only. Parker has a residential…