LaFave v. City of Atlanta

Clarke, Presiding Justice.

The Paideia School, a private elementary and secondary school, is constructing a gymnasium and theatre complex which under the Atlanta City Ordinance would normally require the construction of many parking places. The school applied for and received a special exception from the Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) to reduce the requirements for available parking incidental to construction of the new buildings. The Druid Hills Civic Association and the owners of the property adjacent to the school appealed to the Fulton County Superior Court which affirmed the BZA’s…