Shades Mountain Plaza, L.L.C. v. City of Hoover

MURDOCK, Judge.

The plaintiff, Shades Mountain Plaza, L.L.C. (“Shades Mountain”), appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court denying its complaint seeking an order declaring a City of Hoover zoning ordinance to be contrary to § 11-52-80, Ala. Code 1975. We affirm.

Shades Mountain owns a parcel of real property within the City of Hoover (“the City”) that is zoned by the City as C-2 (Community Business District). This parcel contains a strip retail-shopping center and approximately three undeveloped acres on which Shades Mountain desires to construct a self-service “mini-warehouse”…