Sanders v. BD. OF ADJ. OF CITY OF CHICKASAW

This is a zoning case.

The Circuit Court of Mobile County determined that the zoning ordinances of Chickasaw, Alabama, prohibited the property owners from renting a garage apartment to a second family as living quarters in an area zoned for one- and two-family lots. The trial court also denied the property owners a use variance. The property owners now bring this appeal.

On appeal the property owners contend that the Chickasaw zoning ordinances do not prohibit the use of garage apartments as living quarters for a second family in one- and two-family residential zones. Alternatively, the…