Cobb v. City of New Hope

RICHARD L. HOLMES, Retired Appedate Judge.

The City of New Hope, Alabama (City), filed a complaint against Jonathan Richard Cobb, adeging that Cobb was violating the subdivision regulations and zoning ordinances of the City. The basis for the City’s allegations was that there were three fami-des occupying two structures which Cobb had constructed on his property and that the structures were located in an area zoned R-l for single-famdy residential use.

The City requested that the trial court order Cobb either to remove the two structures or, in the alternative, to convert the structures into a…