State ex rel. Carter v. Rosenthal

Petitioner made application to the building inspector of the city of Milwaukee for a permit to make certain additions to and enlargements of a building owned by him and located in said city, which building is devoted to the purposes of a dairy products plant. The building inspector denied the permit for the reason that a so-called zoning ordinance in the city of Milwaukee, passed by the common council pursuant to the provisions of sub. (5) and (6) of Sec. 62.23, Stats., prohibits any enlargements of the building. Petitioner, claiming the zoning ordinance to be unconstitutional, appealed from…