of its community as a legitimate exercise of its inherent police power. ZONING BASED ON AESTHETICS IS A VALID EXERCISE OF THE CITY’S POLICE POWER This Court and other courts of this state have repeatedly found that measures designed to enhance or maintain the aesthetic appeal of a community are a valid exercise of a local government’s police power and these measures bear a rational relationship to a legitimate purpose. “Florida has long recognized that local governments may legislate to protect the appearance of their communities as a legitimate exercise of their inherent police power.” City of Sunrise v. D.C.A. Homes, 421 So.2d 1084, 1085 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982) (emphasis added); see also City of Lake Wales v. Lamar Adver. Ass’n of Lakeland, Fla., 414 So.2d 1030, 1032 (Fla.1982) (<HOLDING>) (quoting Westfield Motor Sales Co. v. Town of
holding that damages are not relief that is available under the idea recognizing that zoning solely for aesthetic purposes is an idea whose time has come it is not outside the scope of the police power holding that by its terms the idea does not require exhaustion where the relief sought is unavailable in an administrative proceeding under the idea monetary damages are not available so exhaustion is not required recognizing that idea is simply not an antidiscrimination statute so that pure discrimination claim was not barred by parents failure to exhaust remedies under idea holding that it is not