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Stone v. City of Wilton
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Stone v. City of Wilton | |
Court | Iowa Supreme Court |
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Citation | |
Date decided | March 16, 1983 |
Facts
A couple with last name Stone bought an un-developed 6-acre property in Wilton, Iowa. This property was zoned for multi-family residential use.
Stones filed a plat for a housing complex with mutli-family units & applied for a building permit.
In the midst of the Stone building plans, the local zoning commission recommended downsizing multi-family use to single-family use in the Stone area.
The city of Wilton denied the Stone application for a building permit for a multi-family use housing complex.Procedural History
Stone sued Wilton seeking an invalidation of the re-zoning to single-family use in their area.
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