Orange Citizens for Parks & Recreation v. Superior Court of Orange County

In 2006, Milan REI IV LLC (Milan) purchased more than fifty acres of land in the Orange Park Acres area in the City of Orange with plans to develop a residential development on the property. The City approved Milan’s request to amend its general plan and permit development on the property, despite controversy over the private development replacing public open space. Orange Citizens for Parks and Recreation and Orange Parks Association (together, Orange Citizens) challenged the City’s amendment by referendum. The City concluded that the referendum, whatever its outcome, would have no effect because a resolution from 1973 permitted residential development on the property. In 2012, fifty-six percent of voters rejected the City’s general plan amendment. The court of appeal upheld the City’s approval of the project. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the City abused its discretion in interpreting its 2010 General Plan to permit residential development on the property. View "Orange Citizens for Parks & Recreation v. Superior Court of Orange County" on Justia Law