First Pentecostal Church v. City of Atlanta

Shulman, Judge.

Appellants operate a place of public worship in the City of Atlanta. The city imposed a sanitary service charge against appellants’ property. Appellants sought a declaratory judgment enjoining the city from executing its fi. fa.

This appeal is from a trial court determination that the city was authorized to impose this sanitary service charge against appellants’ property and that such charges are not within the exemption of Code Ann. § 92-201.

Argued January 16, 1978 Decided February 7, 1978.

1. Appellants’ constitutional challenge to the ordinance involved in this case is…