Russell v. Smokerise Bath & Racquet Club, Inc.

Nichols, Chief Justice.

Smokerise sought mandamus absolute requiring the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners and the county’s development director to issue a permit for installation of lighting on two of its four tennis courts. Smokerise, a nonprofit community recreation club, operated, among other facilities, two tennis courts. In 1973 it applied for a setback variance to construct two additional tennis courts. The variance was granted "with the condition that there are no lights and adequate drainage is provided.” When Smokerise applied for a permit to light its two previously existing…