Legal Opinion
City of Santa Fe v. Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 27, 1964No. 7327PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOBLE, Justice.
This appeal requires our determination whether the historical zoning ordinance of the City of Santa Fe is ultra vires of the city’s powers and whether the ordinance is valid and constitutional.
Defendants, Gamble-Skogmo, Inc. and Charles Atwell, resident manager, obtained a permit pursuant to the city building code to remodel a building within the historical zone in Santa Fe. One requirement of the plans and specifications and of the permit was that to comply with the historical zoning ordinance, the window panes not exceed thirty inches square. The window pane requirement was…
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