WELDON v. ZONING BD. OF CITY OF DES MOINES

No. 2-57656.

250 N.W.2d 396 (1977)

Mrs. Glenn WELDON, Appellant, v. ZONING BOARD OF the CITY OF DES MOINES, Appellee, Peter P. Dickinson et al., Intervenors-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curt L. Sytsma, of Herrick, Langdon, Belin, Harris, Langdon & Helmick, Des Moines, for appellant.

Eugene E. Olson, Asst. City Atty., for appellee Zoning Board.

J. Edward Power, of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, Des Moines, for intervenors-appellees.

Heard before MOORE, C. J., and MASON, REYNOLDSON, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

This appeal involves a zoning controversy. The trial court held in a certiorari action initiated by plaintiff Mrs. Glenn Weldon that defendant Zoning Board of the City of Des Moines did not act illegally in granting intervenor Dickinsons', Inc. the right to operate a retail store next door to her home in a neighborhood zoned for single family residential (R-1) uses. We reverse the trial court.

The controversy was precipitated by a complaint...

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