?EUR??,,????'??This was not easy, and litigation is not for the faint of heart,?EUR??,,????'?? Sheffield said. ?EUR??,,????'??I hope other builders and developers will learn from my experience just how important it is for an individual member to have a wide range of support during complex and time-consuming litigation.?EUR??,,????'??

Glenn Heights initially attempted to forestall Sheffield?EUR??,,????'???s plan to build the community by imposing a moratorium on any development on his property. The city never gave Sheffield notice of the moratorium, and it did not have to under then-existing Texas law. The city then down zoned the property, reducing the number of units that could be developed on it by 50 percent, and Sheffield challenged this as a regulatory taking.

The city put the moratorium in place so that it could down zone the property, despite assuring Sheffield before he purchased the property on its acceptable use based on existing zoning.