Tamaron Homeowners Ass'n v. Tamaron Utilities, Inc.

BOYD, Chief Justice.

This case is before the Court upon two separate petitions for review of a decision of the District Court of Appeal, Second District, reported as Sarasota County v. Tamaron Utilities, Inc., 429 So.2d 322 *349(Fla. 2d DCA 1983). The decision provided a construction of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 9 of the Florida Constitution. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

Tamaron Utilities, Inc. (Tamaron), a public utility providing water and sewer service, applied to the Sarasota County Commission for permission to…