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- Title
Hernandez v. City of Hanford.
- Authors
Clarke, Robert
- Abstract
The article focuses on the case of Hernandez vs. City of Hanford concerning the zoning ordinance in California. The plaintiffs are owners of a retail store with a floor space of less than the required 50,000 square feet within the Planned Commercial district (PC district). The defendants are the Hanford City Council and the City of Hanford which adopted and enforced the zoning ordinance to protect the city's downtown commercial district. The plaintiffs argued that the city has exceeded the police authority that regulates economic competition by restricting furniture sales. However, California's Supreme Court held that the zoning ordinance that regulates economic competition is permissible if it promotes public purpose such as protecting a downtown business district.
- Subjects
HANFORD (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; LEGAL judgments; ZONING law; URBAN planning &; redevelopment law; CONSTRUCTION laws; URBAN planning; CITY councils; MUNICIPAL government
- Publication
Urban Lawyer, 2007, Vol 39, Issue 4, p1055
- ISSN
0042-0905
- Publication type
Article