Potiris v. Department of Community Affairs
Potiris v. Department of Community Affairs
Opinion of the Court
Potiris filed a petition for a formal administrative hearing to challenge a land use change approved by the Village of Wellington. Potiris is a land planner who does not live, own property, or have a business address or business license in Wellington. He asserted that he was an affected person as is defined in section 163.3184(l)(a), Florida Statutes (2004), be
We affirm the final order dismissing Po-tiris’s petition for lack of standing. We do not agree with Potiris that, because, from time to time, he provides land use related services for properties in Wellington, he had standing. The fact that Potiris conducted some business activity in Wellington is not the same as “owning or operating a business” in Wellington. St. Joe Paper Co. v. Dep’t of Cmty. Affairs, 657 So.2d 27, 29 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995) (conducting business activity in connection with the planning process does not comply with the standing requirement). We accordingly affirm the dismissal for lack of standing.
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