HOECHSTETTER v. PICKENS COUNTY

303 Ga. 786

FINAL COPY S17G1500. HOECHSTETTER et al. v. PICKENS COUNTY et al. BLACKWELL, Justice. Pursuant to the Zoning Procedures Law (ZPL), OCGA § 36-66-1 et seq., before a county or municipality makes a “zoning decision,”1 it must afford affected landowners and other interested citizens an opportunity to be heard, and to that end, it must “provide for a hearing” on the proposed zoning decision and publish notice of that hearing. See OCGA § 36-66-4 (a).2 In August 2015, Doug 1 For purposes of the ZPL, OCGA § 36-66-3 (4) defines “zoning decision” as final legislative action by a local…