DocketNumber: No. 78-072
Citation Numbers: 48 Fla. Supp. 157
Judges: Schwartz
Filed Date: 10/10/1978
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 1/12/2023
In Dade County v. Beauchamp, 348 So. 2d 53, 55 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1977), cert. den., 355 So. 2d 512 (Fla. 1978), the Third District Court of Appeal required, in effect, that the property involved in this case be rezoned “to a classification not less than 35.9 units per acre;” that is, to classification RU-4M. While that litigation was still pending in the Supreme Court, the landowner and the county reached what the county refers to as a “meeting of the minds” concerning the development of the area; this agreement was embodied in Zoning Resolution No. Z-35-78 which was enacted by the county commission on February 9, 1978 and which is now challenged in this proceeding.
The respondents-appellees argue that the “hardship” cases apply only to so-called “use variances,” as opposed to the “non-use variances” involved in this case. The law is otherwise. Indeed, the proposed distinction was specifically rejected by the Third District itself, in interpreting similar Miami Beach zoning provisions in Allstate Mortgage Corp. of Florida v. City of Miami Beach, 308 So.2d 629, 632 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1975), where the court said —
“It is true that in Josephson the issue centered on a land use variance, while the issue in the instant case concerns a setback variance. The zoning ordinance for the City of Miami Beach quoted supra does not attempt to distinguish land use variances from set-back variances. They are, rather, mentioned in the same paragraph and are subject to the same standards for granting a variance. Therefore, we find no reason to distinguish the instant case from Josephson on the basis of the type of variance requested.”
See also, Snyder v. Waukeska County Zoning Board of Adjustment, 74 Wis. 2d 468, 247 N.W. 2d 98 (1976); Karasik v. City of Highland Park, 264 N.E. 2d 215 (Ill. App. 1970).
The appellees also claim that the prior litigation concerning this property somehow vests the property owner with, at least, the right to the variance as to the number of stories permitted in the area. Again, we disagree. We find nothing in the prior decisions in this case which provides for anything beyond the RU-4M classification, which the owner was granted, but which does not carry with
In accordance with these views, paragraphs 9-13 of Dade County Zoning Resolution No. Z-35-78 are hereby reversed and quashed.
Concurring: NESBITT, FERGUSON, JJ.
We reject the respondents’ contention concerning the individual petitioners’ lack of standing to maintain this action and therefore will consider the case on its merits.