Opinion ID: 168501
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: July 12, 1999 Petition for Review

Text: 8 Hatch and Mitchell were petitioners in a Petition for Review of Decision on Conditional Use Permits and Request for Injunctive Relief, filed in Utah state court against Boulder and its Town Planning Commission in 1999. They requested judicial review of the conditional use permits the Boulder Town Planning Commission granted on February 10, 1999, to their neighbors and adjacent land owners, Sam Stout and Rhea Thompson, for their construction business. They complained that the permits had been granted in an arbitrary, capricious, and illegal manner, including the Commission's failure to adopt an official map setting forth commercial districts and a plan for future development. 9 The state district court determined that Boulder's zoning ordinance was not arbitrary, capricious, or illegal, that the commercial designations in the ordinance were legal and not ambiguous, and that the Town had properly awarded the challenged conditional use permits. Hatch and Mitchell appealed to the Utah Court of Appeals, which reversed the district court on the validity of the zoning ordinance, finding that the Town had failed to present any evidence that a proper zoning map had accompanied the text of the zoning ordinance when it was presented to the public and to the Town Council for approval. Hatch v. Boulder Town Council, 21 P.3d 245, 248 (Utah Ct.App.2001). 5 In light of this holding, it found plaintiffs' remaining claims moot. Id. at 249.