DeKalb County v. Dobson

Sears, Justice.

Appellant DeKalb County (“the County”) sought an appeal from the trial court’s ruling that the present zoning classification of appellees’ properties is unconstitutional. In order to review that conclusion, we granted the County’s application for discretionary appeal. We find that appellees altogether failed to satisfy their burden to present clear and convincing evidence that, under the present zoning classification, they are suffering a significant detriment to their rights as landowners unrelated to the public welfare. Therefore, we find that the trial court’s ruling was…