Opinion ID: 1629913
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Whether the property is within legal description

Text: The Potters further argue that we should overturn the circuit court's ruling because Tontitown failed to present any evidence that their property was within the legal description filed with the county clerk. The Potters also assert that Tontitown failed to present any evidence that their property lies within any previously or properly filed planning area boundary map. They contend that Mr. Potter testified at trial that his property lies just south of the 2005 planning area boundary map. Tontitown responds, arguing that the Potters have misread the record. Tontitown asserts that Mr. Potter testified that he thought his property was situated south of the planning area designated on the 1975 and 1990 maps, but that he admitted that his property lies within both the 2001 and 2005 planning-area maps. At trial, Mr. Potter stated, I agree that on Exhibit C, the planning area map filed in 2001, my property lies within the planning area, if I am reading the roads correctly. If I am reading the roads correctly, I agree that my property lies within the planning area as designated on the planning area map from 2005, Exhibit 3. I am sorry, I will not admit that my property lies within the planning area on the planning area map from 2005, Exhibit 3, as I cannot read the dates. In making its ruling, the circuit court specifically noted that Mr. Potter admitted on both the 2001 map and the 2005 map that his property lies within the boundaries. Therefore, we hold that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in holding that the property was within the boundaries of the planning area map. [1]