Lakewood Homes, Inc. v. Board of Adjustment

Lakewood Homes, Inc., an Ohio corporation, is the owner of a contract right to acquire some 13 acres of land in the city of Lima, Ohio, and has proposed to so acquire it for the construction of an apartment complex upon it. The land is subject to the zoning ordinances of the city of Lima, a charter city, and was zoned Class II Business, which includes the use for residential apartments. No issue is here made as to the actual ownership of the land and under the appropriate sections of the Lima ordinances an owner of land or agent of the owner may apply for a building permit, which is the…