J.N.K., LLC v. Kent County Levy Court

OPINION

STRINE, Vice Chancellor.

I. Introduction

In this action, two companies that own land in Kent County — J.N.K., LLC and Tony Ashburn & Son, Inc. (collectively “Ashburn”) — are suing the Kent County Levy Court and its members (collectively “the Levy Court”) in order to invalidate two ordinances that the Levy Court passed in 2008 (the “Challenged Ordinances”). Specifically, Ashburn argues that Kent County did not adequately inform its residents of the Ordinances.

Critical to answering this question are the three general ways in which a county can inform residents of changes to the county’s…