Holding v. Franklin County Zoning Board of Adjustment

HARRIS, Justice.

The trial court ruled that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to review a decision of a county zoning board. The holding was based on the timing of the district court challenge, which the court determined to have been brought prematurely. The question is presented on facts that seem almost ludicrous. A statute provides for court review by way of a petition for certiorari within a period set from the board’s final action. The statutory scheme for this particular board’s operation seems to contemplate that the board’s public records can be kept in a private residence, and…