T.O.P. 1 Partners v. City of Stow

Cacioppo, Judge.

This dispute arises from an administrative appeal to the Summit County Court of Common Pleas pursuant to R.C. Chapter 2506. In 1989, plaintiff-appellant, T.O.P. 1 Partners (“TOP”), purchased the Workman Elementary School in Stow for the purpose of establishing a shopping center. In an attempt to secure approval of their site plans, TOP appeared before the Stow City Council (“council”). On March 15, 1990, a resolution authorizing the project was defeated.

TOP filed a notice of appeal to the common pleas court on April 9, 1990. A motion for leave to present additional evidence…