Vernon's Tri-State Pawn, Inc. v. City of Mobile Board of Adjustment

ON REHEARING

INGRAM, Presiding Judge.

On rehearing, the opinion of this court of January 31, 1990, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor.

The Board of Adjustment of the City of Mobile, Alabama (Board), rejected the request of Vernon’s Tri-State Pawn, Inc. (Vernon’s), for a zoning variance; appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of Mobile County for a jury trial. The jury denied the request for the zoning variance. Vernon’s appeals.

The pertinent facts are as follows: Vernon’s purchased an abandoned convenience store for the purpose of converting it in order to operate a pawn…