City of Lilburn v. Sanchez

Sears, Justice.

This appeal is brought by the City of Lilburn (“the City”) from the trial court’s order declaring unconstitutional the City’s municipal ordinance requiring land lots at least one acre in size for the keeping of a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig as a domestic pet. Upon review, we are satisfied that a rational relationship exists between the ordinance and the legitimate governmental goal of reducing the substantial negative impacts these animals might have upon residential communities. We also are convinced that in ruling otherwise, the trial court improperly usurped the authority of…