Hart Properties, Inc. v. Metropolitan Dade County

The appellant, Hart Properties, Inc., is an abutting property owner who objects to a zoning change made by the County Commission. The intervenors, Sam Morris and Melvin Levine, petitioned for a change of zoning from RU4, which allows apartments of 50 units to the acre, and RU4A, which allows apartments, hotels and motels of 50 to 75 units per acre, to BUI, which allows limited business use, on a parcel of property located at 16200 Collins Avenue, Dade County, Florida, which is approximately 230 feet by 137 feet. The County Commission, after a public hearing, unanimously granted the change.…