Hall v. City of Durham

BECTON, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Paul and Louise Hall, Luther and Dorothy Hammond, and the Latta Road Neighborhood Association, Inc., filed this action seeking a declaratory judgment concerning the validity of a rezoning amendment adopted by the Durham City Council (the Council), which rezoned approximately 12.9 acres of land near the intersection of Roxboro and Latta Roads in Durham. The Complaint alleged that the rezoning was invalid because (1) a valid protest petition filed pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 160A-385 on behalf of residents of the neighborhood near the rezoned property made a…