Laketran Board of Trustees v. City of Mentor

Ford, Presiding Judge.

The two instant appeals emanate from a final judgment of the Lake County Court of Common Pleas. Appellants, various public officials and entities associated with the city of Mentor, seek the reversal of the trial court’s judgment overturning a decision of the Mentor Planning and Zoning Commission denying a conditional use permit to appellee, the Laketran Board of Trustees. 1

Appellee is a public entity that has the statutory power to manage and conduct the affairs of Laketran, the regional transit authority for Lake County, Ohio. Pursuant to R.C. 806.31, Laketran is a…