Mann Media, Inc. v. Randolph County Planning Board

EDMUNDS, Justice.

Petitioners Mann Media, Inc. and Bernard Mann (Mann) instituted this action against respondent Randolph County Planning Board to review respondent’s denial of petitioners’ application for a special use permit to construct a 1,500-foot broadcast tower in Randolph County, North Carolina. In this appeal, we must consider both whether the superior court correctly concluded that there was no competent, material, and substantial evidence to support respondent’s decision to deny petitioners’ special use permit application and whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the…