Taggart & Taggart Seed Company, Inc. v. City of Augusta

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

In 1963 the City Council of Augusta passed a comprehensive zoning ordinance. It provides that before the city council may act upon a proposed change in the boundary of a zoned area the matter must be submitted to the city planning commission. In 1982 the city council, by ordinance, extended the boundary of a zoned area even though the proposed change was never submitted to the planning commission. The boundary changes resulted in a zoning classification which prevented completion of a metal grain storage facility on appellant’s property. Appellant filed suit in…