State Ex Rel. Keeven v. City of Hazelwood

GUNN, Judge.

Respondent City of Hazelwood appeals from a circuit court judgment in a mandamus proceeding which ordered a liquor license to be issued to relators Eugene Keeven and George Kling. Keeven is the owner of a building which had been utilized as a tavern, and Kling is the proposed tenant and operator of the tavern. The primary issues underlying Hazelwood’s appeal are: (1) whether mandamus or Administrative Procedure Act procedures properly apply to the proceedings; (2) whether relators have a nonconforming use in their property for the sale of intoxicating beverages; (3) whether the…