L & G Associates, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals

This is an appeal from the declaratory judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the defendant. The substitute plaintiff, Kristian J. Taylor, claims on appeal that the trial court improperly (1) considered the entire public record, rather than considering solely the plain language of the variance certificate in concluding that the variance did not permit construction of an office building on the subject property, (2) created an unreasonable restraint on the alienation of the subject property, and (3) created a restrictive covenant on the subject property.

The named plaintiff brought…