Chapel Creek, Ltd. v. Mathews County

By JUDGE T. J. MARROW

This matter was heard on a writ of certiorari in accordance with § 15.1-497 of the Code of Virginia, the petitioner, Chapel Creek, Ltd., being aggrieved by a decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals of Mathews County.

On July 1, 1986, Mr. James T. Wood, primary stockholder of the petitioner, purchased a 15.56 acre parcel of land on Chapel Creek in Mathews County by deed dated June 17, 1986. Prior to recordation of the deed, in March of 1986, the Planning Commission for Mathews County conducted a public hearing concerning enactment of a proposed zoning ordinance which would…