Legal Opinion
Arnel Development Co. v. City of Costa Mesa
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 1, 1981No. Civ. 20505PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KAUFMAN, Acting P. J.
Plaintiff Arnel 1 proposed to construct a 50-acre development consisting of 127 single-family residences and 539 apartment units (the Arnel development or the development). Objecting to this proposal, a neighborhood association circulated an initiative to rezone the Arnel property and two adjoining properties to single-family residential use. The voters approved the initiative by a narrow margin. Arnel instituted action No. 287707 in the Orange County Superior Court to invalidate the initiative ordinance. The same day South Coast Plaza, a California partnership,…
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