City of Jacksonville v. Smith

NIMBY3 meets the Bert J. Harris Jr. Private Property Rights Protection Act in this case, one in which the value of the property rights of R. Lee and Christy Smith in their riverfront lot has been diminished by the City of Jacksonville’s construction of a one-of-a-kind large-scale marine fire station and multi-bay dock on the neighboring lot, whose deed restriction for park-only use and residential zoning were changed without the Smiths’ knowledge. The legal issue presented is whether the Act provides a claim for the Smiths to show that their lot has been “inordinately burdened” by the…