State ex rel. Spiccia v. Abate
State ex rel. Spiccia v. Abate
31 Ohio Law Rep. 43
State ex rel. Spiccia v. Abate
Opinion of the Court
What constitutes a “restaurant” as opposed to a “drive-in restaurant” for the purpose of determining the permitted use of property under a zoning classification in which those terms are not otherwise defined is determined by considering the common and ordinary meaning of those terms, liberally construing them in favor of the permitted use so as not to extend the restrictions of the ordinance to any limitation of use not therein clearly prescribed.
Judgment affirmed.
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