Legal Opinion
Amoco Oil Co. v. Zoning Appeals Board
Fairfax County Circuit Court
Decided February 5, 1993No. Case No. (Chancery) 119659Published
1Opinion of the Court
By Judge J. Howe brown
This case is before the Court on a Writ of Certiorari filed by Petitioner, Amoco Oil Company. Amoco appeals a January 8,1991, ruling by Respondent Board of Zoning Appeals for the City of Fairfax (“BZA”) denying a Special Use Permit for the addition of two petroleum storage tanks to existing terminal facilities in the City of Fairfax. The property at issue is zoned 1-2 (heavy industrial) and at present contains six bulk petroleum storage tanks, loading areas and a number of related facilities. (Record # 21, pp. 1-2.)1
Amoco contends that the BZA voted to deny its…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- BOARD OF SUP'RS, ETC. v. Southland Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1982
- Ames v. Town of PainterSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
- City of Richmond v. RandallSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
- Cook v. Board of Zoning AppealsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
- National Memorial Park, Inc. v. Board of ZoningSupreme Court of Virginia · 1986