Legal Opinion
DeKalb County v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 12, 2004No. S04A1579PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Justice.
In July 2002, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. filed a variance application with the DeKalb County Board of Zoning Appeals, seeking permission to erect on its property a sign with a height greater than that permitted by the County’s sign ordinance. The Board denied the application, and Wal-Mart challenged the denial by filing a petition for writ of certiorari in superior court, contending that it met the criteria for a variance. Wal-Mart later amended the petition by adding a claim for declaratory relief, arguing that the zoning procedures enacted by the County in 2001 and 2002 were…
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