Avera v. City of Brunswick

Jordan, Justice.

The appellant bought a lot in the City of Brunswick with a residence on it while an application was pending to rezone the lot from one-family residential use to office commercial district. Rezoning was denied by the Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Planning Commission and by the Commission of the City of Brunswick. The appellant filed an equitable complaint to require the city to rezone the property, alleging that the denial of the application to rezone was an unconstitutional taking of his property without just compensation and denial of due process. After a hearing, the trial…