Calhoun v. Mayo

KENNEDY, Justice.

The City Council of Rainbow City, Alabama (“the Council”), appeals an order of the circuit court directing the issuance of a writ of mandamus requiring the Council to vote on the appellees’ petition to rezone 40 acres of land from a residential (R-l) classification to an agricultural (AG) classification. We reverse and remand.

In 1981, Rainbow City annexed 40 acres of land. The 40 acres was automatically zoned R-l, because the zoning ordinance did not provide an AG classification. Prior to annexation, the land had been used for raising cattle and hogs. In 1982, the appel-lees,…