Hause v. City of Tucson

OPINION

HOWARD, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Shortly after appellee City of Tucson (the City) passed an ordinance regulating large retail businesses, it issued building permits to appellee Wal-Mart Stores for a store that did not comply with the ordinance. Plaintiffs/appellants Janice Hause and Fernando Feyron (collectively, Hause) filed a lawsuit claiming the permits were invalid because the ordinance was in effect when they were issued. The trial court denied Hause’s request for special action relief. We affirm because the building permits were issued before the ordinance became effective and,…