Supreme Court of Florida

A "substantial or material change" in a proposed ordinance during the enactment process, that is, the kind of change that would require a county to start the process over, is confined to a change in the general purpose of the ordinance.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/27/2007
• Published 09/27/2007

Judges

• CANTERO, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eric Grant, Sacramento, CA, Harold E. Wolfe, Jr., and William H. Pincus, West Palm Beach, FL, and James H. Hicks of Hicks, Brams and Motto, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellants., Harry Morrison, Jr., General Counsel and Rebecca A. O'Hara, Deputy General Counsel, Florida League of Cities, Inc., Tallahassee, FL, and Virginia Saunders Delegal, General Counsel, Florida Association of Counties, Inc., Tallahassee, FL, as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edwin A. Scales, III of GrayRobinson, P.A., Key West, FL, Monterey Campbell, III of GrayRobinson, P.A., Lakeland, FL, and Robert B. Shillinger, Jr., Chief Assistant County Attorney, Office of County Attorney Monroe County, Florida, Key West, FL, for Appellee.