Opinion
No. SC01-103.
Opinion filed October 24, 2002.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal — Direct Conflict First District — Case No. 1D99-2171, (Duval County).
Karl J. Sanders of Edwards Cohen, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida; Richard A. Mullaney, General Counsel, Tracey I. Arpen, Jr., Deputy General Counsel, and Theresa R. Matchett, Assistant General Counsel, Jacksonville, Florida; and Robert A. Leapley, Jr. of Pappas, Metcalf, Jenks Miller, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida for Petitioners.
Paul M. Harden, Jacksonville, Florida for Respondents.
Emeline Acton, Hillsborough County Attorney, Mary Helen Campbell, Senior Assistant County Attorney, and Julia C. Mandell, Assistant County Attorney, Tampa, Florida, for Florida Bar City, County and Local Government Law Section, Amicus Curiae.
Stephen H. Grimes of Holland Knight LLP, Tallahassee, Florida, for Florida Home Builders Association and Florida League of Cities, Inc.; Keith Hetrick, General Counsel, Tallahassee, Florida, for Florida Home Builders Association; and Harry Morrison, Jr., General Counsel, Tallahassee, Florida, for Florida League of Cities, Inc., Amici Curiae.
Terrell K. Arline, Legal Director, Tallahassee, Florida, for 1000 Friends of Florida, Inc., Amicus Curiae.
We originally accepted jurisdiction to review Dixon v. City of Jacksonville, 774 So.2d 763 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000), pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(3), of the Florida Constitution. After further consideration, we have determined that jurisdiction was improvidently granted.
Accordingly, this case is hereby dismissed.
It is so ordered.
ANSTEAD, C.J., SHAW, WELLS, PARIENTE, LEWIS, and QUINCE, JJ., and HARDING, Senior Justice, concur.
NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED.