On appeal, the city raises two contentions of error. The second is that the city strictly complied with the procedural requirements of the state enabling statute—Chapter 89 R.S. Mo. 1986—and therefore the refusal to rezone cannot be unreasonable. That is a non sequitur. Such a conclusion would render court review of zoning decisions illusory and nonexistent. A court would be restricted to examination only if the procedure followed and would be unable to set aside zoning determinations no matter how arbitrary, capricious, unreasonable or confiscatory if the statutory procedures were followed.

Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide …, loc. 1152