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· 6/27/1979

Schanz v. City of Billings

Citations

  • 597 P.2d 67
  • 182 Mont. 328
  • 1979 Mont. LEXIS 832

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  • explaining that the policy currently in effect is “entitled to the presumptions of validity and reasonableness.”
  • explaining that “[wjhile neither the trial court nor this Court can substitute its discretion for that of the City Council, the judiciary does have the power to find whether or not there has been an abuse of discretion.” (internal quotations omitted)
  • “[A] zoning ordinance is a legislative enactment, and is entitled to the presumption of validity and reasonableness.” (original punctuation omitted)
  • “A rezoning ordinance, like a zoning ordinance, is a legislative enactment.”

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Judges: Sheehy, Haswell, Daly, Harrison, Shea

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