Semler Construction, Inc. v. City of Hanover

OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a district court decision upholding the city’s denial of final plat approval for a subdivision that had been given preliminary approval. The district court reasoned that a one-year ap proval period had run and- found that an interim moratorium applied to Semler. The district court granted summary judgment for the city on Semler’s damage claim.

Semler contends the denial was erroneous as a matter of law because (a) it had been given approval of the preliminary plat for an eight-year period; (b) the interim moratorium did not apply; and (c) there are…