City of Dallas v. Vanesko

in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice HECHT, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice BRISTER, Justice MEDINA, Justice JOHNSON and Justice WILLETT joined.

In this zoning case, we determine whether a city can enforce a zoning ordinance against a property owner whose substantially completed new home has been built in violation of the ordinance, even though the city had given preliminary approval to the owner’s building plans. We conclude that it can.

Dallas residents Doug and Grace Vanesko wanted a larger home, so they decided to tear down their existing house and build a new one in its place on the same…