George v. Town of Edenton

EXUM, Justice.

The principal question before us is whether the Edenton Town Council violated the procedural provisions of the town’s zoning ordinance in rezoning a tract of land less than six months after having denied an application for the same change. We hold that it did.

This is a declaratory judgment action by which plaintiffs seek to determine the validity of two actions of the Edenton Town Council which purported to rezone, respectively, two tracts of real property. Both tracts are approximately 10 acres. Tract One (hereinafter North Tract) is located on the north side and Tract Two…