Heisler v. Thomas

DOOLIN, Justice:

In late 1978, Appellee Max E. Heisler (“owner”) prepared to sell two tracts of land in Stillwater. He believed the tracts to be zoned for multifamily residences, relying on a zoning map prepared by Appellant City of Stillwater (“the City”). Protests by neighboring landowners led to the discovery of a discrepancy in the zoning map: the property in question had originally been zoned for single family residences and had never been rezoned.

Owner then requested that the City’s Board of Commissioners rezone the property to allow twice the number of dwelling units. Owner did not…