Pruitt v. Meeks

Felton, Justice.

1. The ordinance in question provides that, the governing authority may grant or deny the application for a conditional use permit. On its face the decision of this court in Hyman v. Pruitt, 226 Ga. 625, may be construed to mean that, the governing authority of Gwinnett County had an unbridled discretion to grant or deny an application for such a permit and that its decision was therefore not reviewable here. In view of the cases hereinafter cited, it is so plain that in such cases where ordinances prevent property owners from using their property as they choose, the test of…