Wofford v. Porte

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

The complaint here is because the Building Inspector of the City of Atlanta denied an application for permits to add one bathroom and one porch to a building located in an area zoned to a one- and two-family dwelling use. The zoning ordinance forbids structural changes, which are defined as: “Any change in the supporting members of a structure, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders, or any substantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls.” There is created by the zoning ordinance a board of adjustment, and appeal from decisions of the…