An Ohio company paid $12,100 for Cleveland land and put $40,000 into a planned used-car lot; months later the city rezoned it residential, and an appeals court said the move was a compensable taking
An Ohio appeals court has ruled that the City of Cleveland must begin compensation proceedings after changing the zoning of a commercial property to residential use, preventing the owner from carrying out a planned business project. The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate District, upheld a lower court ruling that requires the city to…