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APPLICATION OF O'NEAL

No. 241.

92 S.E.2d 189 (1956)

243 N.C. 714

Application and Appeal of W. B. O'NEAL and Alice O'Neal Cook, Before the Board of Adjustment of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Craig, Jr., Charlotte, for petitioners, appellants.

John D. Shaw, Charlotte, for respondents, appellees.

BOBBITT, Justice.

The original zoning power of the State reposes in the General Assembly. Marren v. Gamble, 237 N.C. 680, 75 S.E.2d 880. It has delegated this power to the "legislative body" of municipal corporations. G.S. § 160-172 et seq. Within the limit of the power so delegated, the municipality exercises the police power of the State. City of Raleigh v. Fisher, 232 N.C. 629...

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