Campbell v. Board of County Commissioners

Plaintiffs brought this mandamus action, seeking to compel defendant county to deny defendants Magids’ (applicants) pending application for a residential building permit. The trial court denied relief and dismissed the action. Plaintiffs appeal, and we affirm.

In 1984, applicants purchased a parcel of land consisting of four platted subdivision lots, each having an area of 5,000 square feet, on which there was a house that occupied two of the lots. The property is in a subdivision that is in a zone with a 20,000 square foot minimum lot size for residential development. The subdivision was…