Rice Associates of the Southern Highlands, Inc. v. Town of Weaverville Zoning Board of Adjustment

WELLS, Judge.

The sole question presented for our review is whether the trial court erred in affirming the Zoning Board’s decision to deny petitioner’s Special Exception Permit Application. We find no error.

Petitioner argues that the trial court should not have affirmed the Zoning Board’s denial of petitioner’s application when it also determined from the evidencé in the record that a member of the board, Joe Joyner, had a previously expressed bias and should have recused himself from participating in the hearing. Relying upon Crump v. Bd. of Education, 326 N.C. 603, 392 S.E.2d 579 (1990),…