LaGrange Church of the Nazarene, Inc. v. Board of Zoning Adjustment

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is a zoning ease.

LaGrange Church requested a zoning variance to allow construction of a church building on property that it owned in an area zoned for residential use. The Board of Zoning Adjustment of the City of Muscle Shoals denied the variance request on February 16, 1984. LaGrange Church then sought to appeal the decision of the Board to the Colbert County Circuit Court for a trial de novo pursuant to the provisions of § 11-52-81, Code of Alabama 1975. The Board filed a motion to strike the appeal at the same time it certified the record of the proceedings…