Benton v. Dismuke

OPINION

GLENN A. NORTON, Presiding Judge.

Members of the Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission (“Commission”) appeal the trial court’s reversal of their decision to approve a preliminary plat. We reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

In connection with the development of a subdivision denominated Springbrook Farms, E & M Development Company (“Developer”) purchased Lot B from the owner of the adjacent subdivision, Bayberry Farms. Lot B was not platted in the Bayberry Farms plat as common ground or as a buffer area. Developer thereafter submitted to the Commission, for approval, a preliminary plat known…