Ohio Supreme Court, 1965

State ex rel. Foreman v. City Council of Bellefontaine

State ex rel. Foreman v. City Council of Bellefontaine
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided March 10, 1965 · Bbown, Heebeet, Matthias, Neill, Schneidee, Taft, Zimmebman
1 Ohio St. 2d 132; 205 N.E.2d 398; 30 Ohio Op. 2d 485; 1965 Ohio LEXIS 580

State ex rel. Foreman v. City Council of Bellefontaine

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

An examination of the amended petition shows that nowhere therein, either in the first or second cause of action, does appellant allege that he exhausted or attempted to exhaust his administrative remedies by appeal to the Board of Zoning Appeals. The exhaustion of administrative remedies is a condition precedent which must be fulfilled before one may resort to the courts to compel the issuance of a permit for a nonconforming use under a zoning ordinance or before the constitutionality of the ordinance may be attacked. State, ex rel. Lieux, v. City of Westlake, 154 Ohio St. 412, 96 N. E. 2d 414.

Judgment affirmed.

Taft, C. J., Zimmebman, Matthias, O’Neill, Heebeet, Schneidee and Bbown, JJ., concur.

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