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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,
IN AND FOR SAINT LUCIE COUNTY~
g" ~ FLORIDA. CIVIL ACTION.
CASE NO. 75-1310
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, a political )
subdivision of the State of
Florida, )
Plaintiff, )
v. ) FINAL JUDGMENT
LELIA BARNES, )
Defendant. )
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Plaintiff County brought suit to enjoin the violation of zoning ~
ordinances by Defendant's use of two lots for parking purposes in
connection with a bar being operated on adjoining lots. It is clear ~
that such use is prohibited under the applicable zoning.
Defendant claims that the County is estopped from enforcing Chis
ordinance against her for the reasons that led to.a similar conclusion
in Case tZo. 73-983 involving the use of the adjoining property as a
' bar. The trial judge in that case specifically made no ruling on the -
two lots involved in the subject case.
- In the suit involving the bar the County had erroneously issued
a certificate authorizing a liquor license to be utilized on the pre-
r_iises and had distributed to Defendant a mimeographed sheet showing
that such was permitted (instead of prohibited) under the applicable
zoning. The trial judge held that Defendant's purchase of the pro-
perty and expenditure of money upon these representations worked an
estoppel upon the County.
In the instant case the Gounty made no such errors. The subject
lots are under a different zoning classification than the bar and no
special exception or other County action has authorized the use
contrary to the regulations.
Defendant seeks to bring the parking lots under the estoppel
involving the bar lot. This she•cannot do under the Final Judgment
in the prior case as these lots were specifically excluded from that ~
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