City of San Antonio v. TPLP Office Park Properties

In 1999, the City of San Antonio began taking action to block access from a private business driveway to a city street. The owner of the private driveway filed suit seeking a declaratory judgment and injunction preventing the City from blocking the driveway’s access to the street. The trial court granted relief and the court of appeals affirmed. We conclude that the City’s decision and actions to close access between the private driveway and the street constituted a proper exercise of the City’s police power, the City is not es-topped from closing the access, and closing the access would not…