Hart v. Arganese

This is an appeal from a judgment wherein the Superior Court on certiorari ruled that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (Board) had acted without jurisdiction in amending a zoning ordinance rezoning certain lands. The controversy is before us on an agreed statement of facts.

A petition, to which was appended the written consent of fifty-one per cent of the property owners, was filed with the County Planning and Zoning Commission (Commission), though it should have been filed with the Board to comply with section 17-1915, A.C.A.1939, 1952 Supp. (section 11-829, A.R.S.), praying that the…