City and County of Denver v. Redding-Miller, Inc.

I respectfully dissent from that portion of the majority opinion which holds that the Board of Adjustment acted properly in granting variances to the defendants in error in respect to the maximum floor area provisions and the provisions regulating the space between buildings. In order to make clear my grounds for concluding that the Board’s action was improper, it will be necessary to supplement somewhat the statement of facts as set forth in the majority opinion.

On April 29, 1958, Redding-Miller, Inc., applied to the Denver Department of Zoning Administration for permits to build several…