Racich v. County of Boone

The plaintiffs, Bozidar and Josephina Racich, appeal from a ruling of the circuit court of Boone County denying their request for rezoning of their 87-acre parcel of land in Boone County from A-l agricultural to R-l single-family residential. We affirm.

The plaintiffs purchased two adjoining parcels of 20 and 67 acres in 1988 for about $2,100 per acre. Both were zoned A-l at the time. The following year the plaintiffs applied to the zoning board of appeals of Boone County for a change of zoning from A-l to R-l single-family residential so they could develop a residential subdivision. The…