City of Alabaster v. Shelby Land Partners, LLC

MAIN, Justice.

This is a zoning case. Shelby Land Partners, LLC (“Shelby Land”), and Alabaster Land Company, LLC (“Alabaster Land”), each own a 50% undivided interest in a 19.4-acre parcel of undeveloped real property located within the municipal limits of the City of Alabaster (“the City”). In 2004, at the request of Shelby Land, the property was zoned as a “community business district,” permitting only commercial uses. In 2009, Shelby Land petitioned the City to rezone the land to permit multifamily residential use in order to pursue the development of a low-income apartment complex for…