Legal Opinion
Godfrey v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of Union County
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 3, 1986No. 182PA85PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEYER, Justice.
James Dennis Rape came into ownership and possession of a 17.45-acre tract of land in Union County in 1973. The Union County Board of Commissioners adopted a comprehensive zoning ordinance on 14 April 1975, effective 2 June 1975. On the effective date of the ordinance, Mr. Rape’s 17.45-acre tract was being farmed; no business other than farming was operated on this tract prior to 1980. The Rape tract and the surrounding area were zoned low density residential, R-20, by the 1975 ordinance.
On 12 September 1980, Mr. Rape petitioned the county to rezone his tract from R-20 to H-I,…
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