BAXLEY MANOR, LLC
v.
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BREVARD COUNTY, MICHAEL L. BEAN, MONROE ENGINEERING, INC., AND STEVEN MONROE

Fla. 5th DCA | 2020-12-03
No. 19-3448
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2020)

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Synopsis

Baxley Manor sought injunctive and declaratory relief against the Housing Authority of Brevard County after zoning changes reduced the developmental density of its property. The trial court granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings on the injunction count, and the appellate court dismissed the appeal as moot because the requested injunction's limited duration (to last only until the circuit court ruled on a related certiorari petition) had already expired.


Holding

The appellate court dismissed the appeal as moot because the limited injunction sought by Baxley Manor—which was to remain in effect only until the circuit court ruled on the related certiorari petition—had expired when the certiorari rulings became final.


Headnotes

[1] A claim for injunctive relief seeking to temporarily halt proceedings until a judicial decision on a separate matter becomes moot when the underlying judicial decision is…

[2] A party abandons issues not addressed in its appellate brief.

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Key Quotes

“In the complaint, which is the subject of this appeal, Appellant sought an injunction of limited duration, to stop further development, hearings, and meetings only until the circuit court ruled on its petition for writ of certiorari and declaratory relief in case number 05-2018-AP-048269.”

Establishes the temporal limitation on the injunction Baxley Manor requested, which is critical to the mootness determination.

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Facts & Procedural History

In April 2019, Baxley Manor sued the Housing Authority and related parties challenging zoning changes that reduced the permissible developmental densi…

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

In April 2019, Appellant, Baxley Manor, LLC sued Appellees, Housing Authority of Brevard County, Michael L. Bean, Monroe Engineering, Inc., and Steven Monroe. In that suit, Appellant sought injunctive (Count I) and declaratory relief (Count II) and claimed that it had been unlawfully and adversely affected by zoning changes that reduced the permissible developmental density of Appellant’s property. Additionally, Appellant asserted in Counts III and IV, respectively, of the underlying suit that certain Appellees made negligent or intentional material misrepresentations that contributed to the decision to reduce the developmental density. Appellant argues that we should reverse the trial court’s order granting Appellees’ motion for judgment on the pleadings as to Count I. 1

Appellant claimed that the actions of the Appellees were unauthorized and resulted in a material reduction in the developmental density of its land, meaning that Appellant could no longer build as many units as it previously could have. After entry of the density change order, Appellant pursued administrative review; however, the density change order was affirmed by the Board of County Commissioners of Brevard County (“Board”) in September 2018. Once the administrative appeal before the Board was final, Appellant timely pursued one of two exclusive judicial remedies by filing case number 05-2018-AP-048269, a petition for writ of certiorari in the circuit court in Brevard County as provided by section 163.3215(4), Florida Statutes (2018).

In the complaint, which is the subject of this appeal, Appellant sought an injunction of limited duration, to stop further development, hearings, and meetings only until the circuit court ruled on its petition for writ of certiorari and declaratory relief in case number 05-2018-AP-048269. In July 2019, Appellant’s petition for writ of certiorari in case number 05-2018-AP-048269 was denied by the circuit court and Appellant’s petition for secondtier certiorari review of the circuit court’s decision was subsequently denied by this Court. 1 In its brief, Appellant only addresses the trial court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings as to Count I, thereby abandoning any issues regarding Count II. See Gold Crown Resort Mktg., Inc. v. Philpotts, 272 So. 3d 789, 793 n.8 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019). 2 Given that the duration of the injunction sought by Appellant expired when the rulings became final in case number 05-2018-AP-048269, we deem this issue to be moot and dismiss the appeal.

DISMISSED.

LAMBERT, EDWARDS, and TRAVER, JJ., concur. 3


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