Legal Opinion
DeKalb County v. Buckler
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 9, 2007No. A07A1002PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Judge.
The DeKalb County Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) denied an application by Robert H. Buckler and H. Anthony McCullar for a certificate of appropriateness for their plans to subdivide property in the Druid Hills Historic District in Atlanta. The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners (BOC) upheld the decision, but on writ of certiorari, the Superior Court of DeKalb County held that the HPC’s decision was void because the HPC did not have seven members at the time as required by the DeKalb County ordinance that established it. The superior court therefore granted Buckler and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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