City of Raleigh v. College Campus Apartments, Inc.

COZORT, Judge.

The City of Raleigh, plaintiff herein, sued defendant, College Campus Apartments, Inc., claiming that defendant violated the *281Raleigh City Code by replacing the siding on a house in an historic district with aluminum siding. Plaintiff claimed that the house, located on Cutler Street, was subject to certain restrictions which prevented changes from being made on the house’s exterior without prior approval by the Historic Properties Commission. Plaintiff alleged that defendant failed to obtain a “certificate of appropriateness” from the Commission before it replaced the original…