Fong Yuen Gray v. Zoning Appeals Board

By Judge Charles E. Poston

Today, the Court affirms the Board of Zoning Appeals’ ruling from which Petitioner Fong Yuen Gray appeals.

Facts

On December 1,1994, George H. Croft, Jr., purchased Lots 12,13, and 14, Block 5, Plat of Chesapeake Place, in the West Ocean View section of Norfolk. When Croft purchased those lots, an eight-unit apartment complex existed, and still exists, on them. The apartment complex had been a lawfully established structure on the lots before amendments to the Norfolk Zoning Ordinance in 1992; however, they failed to satisfy the 1992 zoning amendments for zoning…