Town of Madison, Inc. v. Ford

The dispositive question in this zoning controversy is whether a local governing body, in enacting a zoning ordinance, violated the second paragraph of art. VII, § 7, of the 1971 Constitution of Vir*437ginia, which provides: “On final vote on any ordinance or resolution, the name of each member voting and how he voted shall be recorded.”

In 1996, appellant Town of Madison, Incorporated, filed a bill of complaint seeking an injunction against appellee Carol W. Ford. The Town alleged Ford owns a parcel of land located in the Town that is classified “Residential, R-l” under the Town’s zoning…