CHESTERFIELD, ETC. v. BOARD OF ZONING, ETC.


209 S.E.2d 925 (1974)

CHESTERFIELD CIVIC ASSOCIATION, et al. v. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Virginia, and W. S. Carnes.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 2, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly E. Miller, Paul D. Stotts, Richmond, for appellants.

John E. Dodson, Morris E. Mason, Asst. Commonwealth's Atty., for Chesterfield County, for appellees.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


COMPTON, Justice.

The controlling question in this zoning controversy is whether the Board of Zoning Appeals had the power to grant an application for a multiple-family dwelling use permit when, subsequent to the filing and prior to the approval, the Board of Supervisors amended the zoning ordinance and reserved unto itself the right to issue such use permits.

The Chesterfield Civic Association and a number of individual homeowners (petitioners) filed in the...

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