Bragg Hill Corp. v. City of Fredericksburg

OPINION BY JUSTICE S. BERNARD GOODWYN

*486 In this appeal we consider whether the rezoning of property, by a city ordinance upon annexation of the property by the city, was void ab initio or violated the procedural due process rights of the property owner. We also consider whether the property owner has a vested right to a particular use of its property because of the pre-annexation approval of a master plan by a county planning commission.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Change in Zoning Upon Annexation

In 1970, Bragg Hill Corporation (Bragg Hill) submitted, to the Spotsylvania County Planning Commission (County…