Development Associates, Inc. v. Wake County Board of Adjustment

WELLS, Judge.

Respondent’s first assignment of error presents the question of whether petitioner’s petition for writ of certiorari was timely filed. At the time the writ was sought in this case, G.S. *543l^A^Sie)1/ provided that, “[e]ach decision of the board [of adjustments] is subject to review by the superior court by proceedings in the nature of certiorari.” Respondent argues that a delay in seeking the writ of forty-nine days after the decision of the board of adjustments was announced at the hearing and thirty-five days after its written order was issued was an unreasonable delay, and that…