Amster v. Dade County

This is an appeal by owners of a tract of land from a judgment of the circuit court denying their petition for certiorari to review a decision of the County Commission of Dade County denying their application for a zoning boundary change.

At the time involved the County Commission was concerned with the problem of residential density of the area in which appellants’ tract was located. During a considerable period which elapsed between the filing of the petition for certiorari and the judgment of the circuit court thereon, a moratorium was in effect for a time, and an Area Study was made at the…