City of Blytheville v. Thompson

Conley Byrd, Justice.

This zoning case arises out of an application by Harold Thompson, Sr., his sister Mrs. Rebecca Mitchell and Kenneth Storey to rezone a 74,400 square foot plot from R-2 Residential to B-3 Commercial for the purpose of constructing a supermarket. The application was denied by both the Planning Commission and the City Council. The trial court found that the property was adjacent to an established business district and concluded that the City was arbitrary and unreasonable in denying the rezoning. The City of Blythe-ville and a number of property owners as intervenors bring…