Capital Outdoor, Inc. v. Guilford County Board of Adjustment

The majority holds the standard of review utilized by the Guilford County Superior Court cannot be determined and thus this case must be reversed and remanded. I disagree. The superior court stated in its judgment that the Guilford County Board of Adjustment’s (the Board) “interpretation ... of ‘residentially zoned property’ was reasonable [and] did not constitute [an] error of law.” Whether the superior court utilized a whole record review or a de novo review in reaching this conclusion is immaterial, “[s]ince [it] specifically concluded that the . . . Board did not commit an error of law.”…