Neal v. City of Atlanta

Candler, Justice.

This is a zoning case. It involves an area of approximately seventy acres in the City of Atlanta, locally known as the “Ottley Home Place,” which was zoned on December 22, 1954, in part for community business and in part for single-family dwelling use. On April 4, 1956, the mayor and board of aldermen of the City of Atlanta granted a special permit to use the area for community business, namely, a shopping center, on condition that plans therefor conform, both in architectural design and in layout, generally to plans submitted and approved by the zoning committee of the…