City of Spring Valley v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

DANIEL, Justice.

The question here is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying a temporary injunction sought by the City of Spring Valley to prevent the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company from constructing in a residentially zoned area a parking lot to be used in connection with its central office building.

The Court of Civil Appeals concurred in the trial court’s judgment that the parking facility was exempt by Article 101 li from city zoning regulations because of its necessity for maintenance and use of the telephone company’s central office building. 1 It held that the…