Polk v. Axton

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

— Affirming.

This is an appeal, from a judgment enjoining the enforcement of. an amendatory zoning ordinance of the City of Louisville which changed the use of a single lot owned by appellant, James Gr. Polk, from a 2-family residence use to a 4-family apartment use.

The lot in question fronts 100 feet on South Birch-wood Avenue and has a depth of 175 feet. On the lot was an old dwelling which had been damaged by fire when appellant purchased it in January, 1946. Appellant, an experienced contractor and builder, began remodeling the old dwelling on the lot…