Johnson v. Chatham County

Carley, Judge.

In October of 1975, appellant purchased a tract of land in Chatham County. Thereafter, appellant built a home on the property. Prior to his purchase of the property, appellant allegedly had checked the zoning map of the appellee-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (Commission) and ascertained that the property he planned to purchase, as well as the land adjacent thereto, was shown as being zoned residential. In August of 1980, appellant observed construction on the adjacent property. Upon investigation, he discovered that although the Commission’s zoning map still…