Opinion
No. 99-2944.
Opinion filed December 15, 1999.
A Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Dade County, Jon I. Gordon, Judge; L.T. No. 99-184.
H. Hugh McConnell, for petitioners.
Elizabeth M. Hernandez, City Attorney, for City of Coral Gables; Manuel Arthur Mesa for George Alexander; Robert A. Ginsburg, County Attorney and Hugo Benitez, Assistant County Attorney, for Miami-Dade County.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and FLETCHER, JJ.
We conclude that the appellate division of the circuit court departed from the essential requirements of the law in denying petitioners the right to intervene in a decision of the Miami-Dade County Board of Rules and Appeals which directly affected their property. 39 Fla.Jur.2d Parties §§ 20, 60-61 (1999); see Fla.R.App.P. 9.020(g)(2); Wags Transp. Sys., Inc. v. City of Miami Beach, 88 So.2d 751 (Fla. 1956).
Accordingly, the order below is quashed and the cause is remanded with directions forthwith to permit the petitioners to appear as appellees in appellate division case number 99-184 AP. Rehearing is dispensed with.
Certiorari granted.