Ripps v. City of Coconut Creek ex rel. City Commission

Issues of standing, land use planning and zoning, statutes, ordinances, a casino, and three residents are the ingredients of this petition for second tier certiorari from an appellate decision of the circuit court. The circuit court denied the residents’ challenges to the City’s zoning ordinances relating to the construction of a hotel and parking garages servicing the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. The residents argue that the circuit court applied the incorrect law in denying their challenges to various zoning and planning ordinances enacted by the City of Coconut Creek. The City and the…