Williams v. City of Sarasota
Williams v. City of Sarasota
Opinion of the Court
Appellants, hereinafter residents, were tenants in a mobile home park owned by
We agree with the residents that the trial court erred in finding the ordinance valid because the City concedes that it failed to comply with the statutory prohibition against official action that would result in the removal or relocation of mobile home residents without first determining that adequate facilities exist for relocation. However, we also agree with the City’s contention that its failure to follow through with any evictions pursuant to the ordinance has, by the passage of time, resulted in the ordinance being unenforceable for the purpose of evicting these residents. That being the case, we conclude that the issue concerning the validity of the City’s ordinance is now moot, and we dismiss the appeal of this issue.
Affirmed in part; dismissed in part.
. Section 723.083, Florida Statutes (1993), provides:
723.083 Governmental action affecting removal of mobile home owners. — No agency of municipal, local, county, or state government shall approve any application for rezoning, or take any other official action, which would result in the removal or relocation of mobile home owners residing in a mobile home park without first determining that adequate mobile home parks or other suitable facilities exist for the relocation of the mobile home owners.
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