Case Name: CITY OF SARASOTA, Florida, a municipal corporation, Appellant, v. BAY ISLAND TOWERS, INC., a New York corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1974-06-14
Citations: 295 So. 2d 680
Docket Number: No. 73-532
Parties: CITY OF SARASOTA, Florida, a municipal corporation, Appellant, v. BAY ISLAND TOWERS, INC., a New York corporation, Appellee.
Judges: MANN, C. J., and McNULTY and GRIMES, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 295
Pages: 680–681

Head Matter:
CITY OF SARASOTA, Florida, a municipal corporation, Appellant, v. BAY ISLAND TOWERS, INC., a New York corporation, Appellee.
No. 73-532.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 14, 1974.
Richard J. Taylor of Strode, Hereford & Taylor, Sarasota, for appellant.
Charles J. Cheves, Jr. of Cheves & Ha-zen, Venice, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The City of Sarasota appeals a judgment invalidating an ordinance which changed the zoning of appellee's property so as to preclude the erection of a high rise apartment pursuant to a previously obtained building permit. The lower court concluded that the ordinance had a confiscatory effect upon the appellee and held that the appellee had sustained the burden of showing that the zoning change was arbitrary and unreasonable and had no reasonably debatable relationship to the public health, safety or general welfare, cf. City of Clearwater v. College Properties, Inc., Fla.App.2d, 1970,239 So.2d 515.
On the particular facts presented by this record, we cannot say that the court erred. The judgment is, therefore, affirmed.
MANN, C. J., and McNULTY and GRIMES, JJ., concur.