Scott v. City of Sioux City

CARTER, Justice.

Plaintiffs commenced these proceedings for inverse condemnation of their property on July 31, 1987, alleging the city had taken their property without compensation by passing a zoning ordinance restricting commercial development. 1 The city moved for summary judgment on the ground that the five-year statute of limitations codified at Iowa Code section 614.1(4) (1987) bars this action. Plaintiffs contended, however, that their claim is not subject to any statute of limitations, that their damages were not ascertainable until commercial development proposed for their property…