Ex Parte Lake Forest Property Owners' Ass'n.

STEAGALL, Justice.

Carol Dolan, Barbara Schneider, William Schneider, Kathy Buckson, and Jan Yoder (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Do-lan”), residents of the Lake Forest subdivision in Daphne, Alabama, petitioned the Baldwin Circuit Court for injunctive relief against the City of Daphne in order to prevent the removal of certain nonconforming signs located within the subdivision. The signs had been erected before the annexation of the subdivision by the City of Daphne and were located on municipal property after annexation. Dolan first sought a variance from a city ordinance…