Ansley House, Inc. v. City of Atlanta

Fletcher, Justice.

We granted the property owner’s discretionary application in order to determine whether the discontinuation of a permissible nonconforming use as a result of the revocation of a business license results in the destruction of that nonconforming use as a matter of law. We find that it does not and reverse the judgment of the trial court.

The subject property has been continuously operated and maintained as a rooming house since the 1920’s. It is currently zoned R-4 (single-family residential) under the City of Atlanta Zoning Ordinance. A rooming house is not permitted in that…