Cleveland Clinic Found. v. Cleveland Bd. of Zoning Appeals (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} This administrative appeal arises from a decision by appellee, the Board of Zoning Appeals of the City of Cleveland (“BZA”), which denied a permit to appellants, Cleveland Clinic Foundation (“the Clinic”) and Fairview Hospital (“the Hospital”), to build a helipad on the roof of a new two-story addition on the Hospital.

{¶ 2} We decide a narrow issue: the proper standard of review for courts to apply in appeals, pursuant to R.C. 2506.04, from decisions of zoning authorities that restrict the use of property. Because we conclude that the Eighth District Court of Appeals applied an…