Piney Mountain Neighborhood Ass'n v. Town of Chapel Hill

WHICHARD, Judge.

I

A threshold question of petitioner’s standing to challenge the Council’s approval of the special use permit must be determined.

Only an aggrieved party may appeal the grant or denial of a special use permit. See Pigford v. Bd. of Adjustment, 49 N.C. App. 181, 182-83, 270 S.E. 2d 535, 536 (1980), disc. rev. denied and appeal dismissed, 301 N.C. 722, 274 S.E. 2d 230 (1981); In re Coleman, 11 N.C. App. 124, 127, 180 S.E. 2d 439, 441 (1971). The appellant must, therefore, have “some interest in the property affected.” Pigford, 49 N.C. App. at 182-83, 270 S.E. 2d at 536.

In its…