City may settle in lawsuit with company seeking $1.8 million in damages
Former city attorney
Carby declined to comment further, citing ongoing litigation.
Briefs are due in court by
The 2007 zoning dispute was ultimately resolved in 2013 by the
Roundstone planned to build 65 single-family units, stretching from
Roundstone claimed it had purchased the acreage under the belief that no problems with developing the housing project would occur.
Roundstone sued the city, saying the government was wrong to deny its rezoning application. The company lost its case in circuit court and appealed the case to the
While the first lawsuit was ongoing, the company also sued the city for damages in 2010, asking for compensation for the lost business due to the city's wrongdoing in the matter.
In 2011,
Former city attorney
Johnson outlined the two instances in which the city did not file a timely response or any response in his judgment order.
The lawsuit, or complaint, was filed on
A response from the city was due by
On
A year later, on
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