Walker-Schmidt Ranch v. Blaine County

DONALDSON, Chief Justice.

On April 22, 1971, defendant-respondent Blaine County adopted its first zoning ordinance and its first zoning map. Those ordinances established a 26 acre commercial district (C-l) immediately north of the City of Hailey, straddling U.S. highway 93. The land lying to the north and west of the commercial zone was classified as high density residential (R-l) and low density residential (R-2).

In December, 1971, plaintiff-appellant Walker-Schmidt Ranch, a partnership, purchased a tract of approximately 140 acres which had been owned by the Walker family for many years and…