Sanders v. Angie Properties, Inc.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The primary question in this appeal is whether a property owner’s refusal to seek a conditional use permit, because he believes that he is operating a valid nonconforming use, precludes the same defense *333from being raised in the municipality’s action to enjoin his operation. The Chancery Court of Williamson County held that the property owner had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, thus the court had no jurisdiction to determine whether he was in fact violating the zoning ordinance. We reverse and remand for a determination of the facts.

I

The appellant property…