City of Sausalito v. County of Marin

In this action for declaratory and injunctive relief, plaintiffs sought to invalidate certain actions taken by the County of Marin in the process of applying its zoning ordinance to “Marincello,” a large (2,100-acre) tract located within that county. The individual plaintiffs own land adjacent to the tract: the incorporated limits of the plaintiff city, while not including any part of the tract, are coterminous with some of its. boundaries. The named defendants included the County of Marin and its board of supervisors, planning commission, planning director, and director of public works. Frouge Corporation (“Frouge”) and Gulf Oil Company (“Gulf”), Delaware corporations who own Marincello, intervened in the action as parties defendant. The trial court made findings of fact in defendants’ favor and entered judgment accordingly. Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment; Frouge, Gulf and the County of Marin appear as respondents.

The judgment in effect upholds (1) the validity of a Marin County ordinance which was enacted by the board of supervisors in February 1965, and which amended the county’s zoning ordinance to rezone Marincello as a “P-C district” (“planned community…