Legal Opinion
Fulford v. BD. OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT OF CITY OF DOTHAN.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 18, 1951No. 4 Div. 652PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Justice.
This is a zoning case. The question is whether the sale of beer, under a duly issued license, in a restaurant known as the “Wagon Wheel” would be an unauthorized extension of that nonconforming business under the zoning ordinance of the city of Dothan.
“Wagon Wheel” is in a “Residential B” section of the city, where restaurants are not permitted. This nonconforming business, however, having been extant when the ordinance was enacted, is permitted to continue as such under Article 11,■§ 112.1 of the said ordinance, but this use of the property is strictly limited to that…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Wilkinson v. MurphySupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Burmore Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1940
- Saul v. McIntyreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1948
- Conaway v. City of Atlantic City & Pacific Garage Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1931
- National Lumber Products Co. v. PonzioSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1945
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Kleinsmith v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
- Keith v. Saco River Corridor CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- Water Works Board of City of Birmingham v. StephensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
- Moore v. PettusSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
- City of Norfolk v. Tiny House, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1981
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