Board of Zoning Appeals v. Blue Ridge Stone Corp.

These are appeals from a decree of the Circuit Court of Roanoke County which held that the zoning ordinance of the county did not prohibit Blue Ridge Stone Corporation, herein called Blue Ridge, from continuing quarrying operations on one of three tracts of land under its contract with Adams Construction Company.

Adams Construction Company, a partnership, referred to herein as Adams, is engaged in road building which requires large quantities of stone. Adams does not ordinarily operate stone quarries but concerns itself with searching for available stone deposits. Sometime prior to the…