SNPCO, INC. v. City of Jefferson City

OPINION

WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court,

in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, GARY R. WADE, and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

This appeal involves the question of whether a city’s ordinance banning the sale of fireworks within its city limits implicates TenmCode Ann. § 13-7-208(b) (Supp.2008) which permits pre-existing nonconforming businesses to continue to operate despite a “zoning change.” After the City of Jefferson City annexed the property on which a fireworks retailer’s business was located, the retailer filed suit in the Circuit Court for…