Case Name: The State, ex rel. Spiccia, appellee v. Abate, Bldg. Commr., et al., appellants
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1965-05-05
Citations: 31 Ohio L.R. 43
Docket Number: 38727
Parties: The State, ex rel. Spiccia, appellee v. Abate, Bldg. Commr., et al., appellants.
Judges: Taft, C. J., Smith, Matthias, O’Neill, Herbert and Schneider, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Reporter; a weekly journal published in the interest of the legal profession in the state of Ohio
Volume: 31
Pages: 43–43

Head Matter:
38727.
The State, ex rel. Spiccia, appellee v. Abate, Bldg. Commr., et al., appellants.

Opinion:
Brown, Judge.
What constitutes a "restaurant" as opposed to a "drive-in restaurant" for the purpose of determining the permitted use of property under a zoning classification in which those terms are not otherwise defined is determined by considering the common and ordinary meaning of those terms, liberally construing them in favor of the permitted use so as not to extend the restrictions of the ordinance to any limitation of use not therein clearly prescribed.
Judgment affirmed.
Taft, C. J., Smith, Matthias, O'Neill, Herbert and Schneider, JJ., concur.
Smith, J., of the Sixth Appellate District, sitting for Zimmerman, J.