Fiser v. City of Knoxville

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

This appeal presents for determination the scope of judicial review of the exercise of police powers by municipalities in regulating the use of real'property by zoning ordinances.

Plaintiffs own approximately 7 acres abutting Kingston Pike in the City of Knoxville; the acreage is presently zoned for single family residences, an R-l classification. In early 1976, in an effort to obtain approval for constructing an apartment complex on the acreage, plaintiffs made application for a change in zoning from the existing R-l to an R-2 classification. The Knoxville-Knox County…