National Memorial Park, Inc. v. Board of Zoning

National Memorial Park, Inc. (Memorial Park), applied to the Board of Zoning Appeals of Fairfax County (the Board) for a special use permit to operate a crematory for humans and animals. The Board denied the application, and Memorial Park, pursuant to Code § 15.1-497, petitioned the circuit court for a writ of certiorari. No additional evidence was presented to the circuit court, the parties having submitted the case on the record made before the Board. Thereafter, the court affirmed the Board’s decision, finding that the Board applied correct principles of law and that its decision was not…