STATEMENT
OF THE ISSUES
Whether the
district court erred in granting summary
judgment where:
1) Its order granting summary judgment made findings of fact concerning
contested issues, and compounded that error by disregarding all of the evidence
which strongly suggested that the City’s stated reasons applied exclusively to
plaintiffs but not to similiarly-situated housing providers and were thus
pretextual.
2)
Genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether the City acted with
discriminatory
intent and/or arbitrarily and capriciously.
In particular,
there is
evidence of: a) City officials’
acquiescence to public opposition to Dell Park; b) its multiple attempts to
twist its interpretation of its “boarding house” definition to people in
recovery but not to college students, young professionals, and snowbirds; c) its
failure to develop ADA transition or self-evaluation plans; d) the City’s
failure generally to consider the FHAA and the ADA in its treatment of
plaintiffs; and e) the City’s failure to develop any mechanism whereby people
with disabilities could apply for, or obtain,
reasonable accommodations from application of the City’s zoning laws.
3) Genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether the City’s
interpretation of its “boarding house” definition to plaintiffs, who are
people in recovery and therefore disabled, but not to non-disabled people such
as college students, snowbirds, or young professionals had a greater adverse
impact on plaintiffs than on non-disabled persons.
4) Genuine issues of material fact exist as to the City’s failure to
respond to plaintiffs’ requests for reasonable accommodations, and as to
whether a reasonable accommodation to the City’s
“boarding house” prohibition is appropriate.
5) Genuine issues of fact exist as to whether Defendant violated the
Equal Protection Clauses of the Federal and Florida Constitutions.
6) Genuine issues of disputed fact exist that the City violated
plaintiffs’ due process rights.
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