Legal Opinion

Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, Inc. v. Albert Oil Co.

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided April 16, 1998No. Nos. 96-SC-42-DG, 96-SC-54-DG and 96-SC-797-DGPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

These appeals arise from a decision of the Court of Appeals reversing a judgment of the circuit court and determining that a local legislative body that fails to vote to override a recommended rezoning within 90 days retains legal authority over the zoning matter.

The principal issue is whether the failure of a local legislative body to take action on a planning commission recommendation within 90 days renders the recommendation final and deprives the local legislative body of authority to act on the matter.

Stated another way: Is the 90 day period set out in KRS…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Vartuli v. SotireSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
  2. Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. East Lansdowne BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. Glabach v. SardelliSupreme Court of Vermont · 1974
  4. Stoner v. Planning Board of AgawamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
  5. Green v. Bourbon County Joint Planning CommissionKentucky Supreme Court · 1982

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. LaGrange City Council v. Hall Bros. Co. of Oldham CountyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1999
  2. City of Richmond v. Spangler Apartments, LLCCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2018
  3. Nicholasville Road Neighborhood Consortium Inc. v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County GovernmentCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1999
  4. Jimmy Calhoun v. Tall Oak, LLCCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2024

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