State Ex Rel. Moore & Associates, Inc. v. West

OPINION

in which WILLIAM B. CAIN and FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., JJ„ joined.

This case involves judicial review of a zoning administrator’s refusal to issue a certificate of compliance with all zoning laws to a newly-constructed hotel. We reverse the trial court’s denial of the local government’s motion to dismiss because such review is appropriate under the common law writ of certiorari, not a direct action for declaratory judgment, and the hotel owners failed to meet the exhaustion requirements prerequisite to certiorari review.

Moore and Associates, Inc. designed and built a hotel, the Hilton…