Strong v. City of Grand Prairie

OPINION

JORDAN, Justice.

Appellant Strong, the owner of Lots 12 and 13, Block A, Grand Prairie Estates Addition to the City of Grand Prairie, sought a specific use permit for use of these two lots as a cemetery. The City Council denied the zoning change request because it did not receive a three-fourths favorable vote, the vote having been four to three in favor of the change. Strong then filed suit seeking injunctive relief and a declaratory judgment permitting him to use the property as a cemetery. This relief was denied by the trial court.

The appeal is on two points of error. We overrule…