Section 7.30 Is the Local Enactment Reasonable?

• Library: Local Government Deskbook (2017 Ed.)

B. (§7.30) Is the Local Enactment Reasonable?

The following general statement of the constitutional limits on the regulation of property is found in City of St. Louis v. Brune, 515 S.W.2d 471, 474 (Mo. banc 1974):

Certain principles seem to have been more or less generally accepted; these are, in substance, the following. Owners of property hold it subject to the reasonable exercise of the police power. The ordinance or other law must, as stated above, bear a reasonable and substantial relation to the public health, welfare or safety; if it does, the power may be exercised without compensation. The cost of the improvement

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