Opinion ID: 72625
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Plaintiff's First Application

Text: 13. Plaintiff, in reliance on Staff's information and requirements, filed in October, 1992, its initial application to develop the Property as an Exception and PUD under the Code. Immediately after filing such application, substantial public opposition arose to Plaintiff's development of the Property as a Campground. The Staff, at the direction and control of Defendant Page, processed, reviewed and analyzed Plaintiff's application in a discriminatory manner and more strictly than other development applications filed in Escambia County. 14. In December, 1992, Plaintiff withdrew its initial application for development of the Property since the Staff continued to advise Plaintiff that its development did not comply with Escambia County's purported Exception and PUD requirements. At the time Plaintiff's initial development application was withdrawn, the Staff, under the direction and control of Defendant Page, prepared a Special Exceptions Criteria Worksheet and recommended denial of Plaintiff's initial development application. To determine what additional information, if any, was required to satisfy the purported Exception and PUD requirements, Plaintiff requested a copy of the review from Defendant Page on at least four occasions between December, 1992, and February, 1993. Despite the fact that Plaintiff previously paid the requisite fee to obtain such a review, Defendant Page and the Staff refused to provide such review to Plaintiff.