Priest v. Griffin

This appeal by forty-six-complaining residents is from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County granting a variance from the terms of a zoning ordinance duly adopted by the City of Florence wherein certain real property had been classified as a residential area. The trial court, contrary to a prior ruling of the zoning board (in a split decision), authorized a variance for the purpose of allowing the construction and operation (under guidance of the trial court) of a funeral home and chapel on the subject property.

■The-original petition was filed with the zoning board by Spry…