City of Little Rock v. Breeding

George Howard, Jr., Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree in an action brought by appellees to rezone 1.8 acres of land from a single family district (A-residential) to a commercial district (F-commercial) for the purpose of constructing a convenience store — where the chancellor found:

1. The property is located in an established and expanding business district;

2. The Board of Directors acted in an arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable manner in rejecting appellees’ application.

And, consequently, the court concluded:

‘THEREFORE, the said property is hereby rezoned to “F”/’

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