Ruhnke v. Cantrell

GILLETTE, Justice Pro Tempore.

Plaintiff appeals from a decree of the circuit court denying her request to enjoin defendant from operating a business in an area zoned for residential use.

Plaintiff is an owner of residential property on Mapleton Drive in the city of West Linn. Defendant owns property approximately seven blocks further up Mapleton Drive where he lives and conducts an excavation business. Both properties are within an area zoned for residential use (R-10).

Plaintiff contends that defendant’s operation of his business at his home violates the zoning ordinance. Defendant claims that…