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Robert M. Hogg and Kathryn A. Hogg
Robert M. Hogg and Kathryn A. Hogg, Plaintiff-Appellants
City Council of Cedar Rapids, Defendant-Appellee
Protect the Prairie Park Corridor, Inc., Jeremiah Kenny, Ronald Lippe, Michael Noke, Louwanna Morris, John Schriner and Kerry Sanders, Intervenors-Appellants
Cargill, Incorporated, Intervenor-Appellee
Attorney for Plaintiff-Appellants
Self-represented
Attorney for Defendant-Appellee
Elizabeth D. Jacobi
Attorney for Intervenors-Appellants
James C. Larew
Attorneys for Intervenor-Appellee
Samuel E. Jones, Shannon L. Sole and Christopher H. Dolan
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Mary E. Chiccelly, Judge. REVERSED AND REMANDED FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS CONSISTENT WITH THIS OPINION. Heard by May, P.J., and Greer and Badding, JJ. Opinion by Greer, J. (15 pages)
The City Council of Cedar Rapids approved a change to the future land use map, allowing Cargill, Inc. an industrial use to be built in an existing residential neighborhood. Robert and Kathryn Hogg, and later other neighbor landowners, challenged the city council’s decision on writ of certiorari in the district court. Without a hearing, the district court affirmed. OPINION HOLDS: We do not reach the substantive issues raised by the Hoggs and other landowners. Because the Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.1410 requires the district court to hold hearing, we remand to the district court for further proceedings.