State ex rel. Dierberg v. Board of Zoning Adjustment of St. Charles County

AHRENS, Judge.

William and Mary Dierberg appeal the judgment of the circuit court which reversed the St. Charles County Board of Zoning and Adjustment’s (BZA) decision that a nonconforming use had been established and affirmed the BZA’s decision that the nonconforming use had been unlawfully extended. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Appellants own a 400 acre tract of land in western St. Charles County. In 1971, they opened a private hunting club, Pond Fort Estate Hunt Club, and sold six memberships. Prior to the opening of the club, appellants constructed a lake, a duck blind, deer…