Legal Opinion
BBC Land & Development, Inc. v. Butts County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 8, 2007No. S06A1686PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
This appeal concerns the question whether vested rights to build in accordance with prior zoning requirements are transferable. Appellants BBC Land & Development, Inc. (hereinafter, BBC) and JohnScar, LLC (hereinafter, JohnScar) each bought property in Butts County for development. Both properties were zoned R-l-C, which at the time of appellants’ purchases permitted construction of homes with a minimum size of 1,500 square feet. Both developers submitted plats showing houses of that size. After the County approved the plats and both developers expended money developing the…
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