Snake River Brewing Company v. Town of Jackson
Supreme Court of Wyoming
39 P.3d 397 (2002)
Relevant factsFree
Snake River Brewing (plaintiff) obtained a 1993 permit allowing it to choose among on-site, off-site, or fee-in-lieu-of parking options, initially selecting a combination of on-site and off-site parking; after a 1995 rezoning removed its property from the fee-in-lieu-of-parking zone, Snake River invested $1 million in an approved 1998 expansion and then tried to invoke the fee-in-lieu-of-parking option to resolve off-site parking lease problems, but the Town of Jackson (defendant) argued that option had been abandoned since Snake River never used it originally.
IssueFree
Whether, when a new zoning ordinance is enacted, existing uses that do not comply with the new regulations may continue until abandoned.