Rotter v. Coconino County

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• nonconforming uses should be eliminated or reduced to conformity as quickly as possible within limits of fairness and justice
• nonconforming use is a lawful use maintained after the effective date of a zoning ordinance prohibiting such use
• “[S]tatutory provisions regarding the expansion . . . of nonconforming uses should be read narrowly. . . .”
• “[S]tatutory provisions regarding the expansion ... of nonconforming uses should be read narrowly....”
• county may prohibit expansion of nonconforming use onto other property
• defining nonconforming use as “lawful use”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).