Danville Historic Neighborhood Assn. v. City of Danville

By Judge Joseph W. Milam, Jr.

The defendants, the City of Danville and its Council, request by plea in bar that the Court dismiss the suit for declaratory and injunctive relief herein filed of the plaintiffs, the Danville Historic Neighborhood Association and several owners of residential properties. Specifically, the defendants argue that this matter, which involves the Council’s decision to approve two individual applications to rezone two residential properties, became moot upon the intervening adoption of a comprehensive zoning ordinance. The defendants’ plea in bar “reduces the litigation…