BD. OF SUP'RS OF FAIRFAX CTY. v. HORNE


215 S.E.2d 453 (1975)

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY et al. v. M. S. HORNE et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 13, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Donnelly, III, Asst. County Atty., Robert H. Freilich, Kansas City, Mo. (Frederic Lee Ruck, County Atty., on brief), for appellants.

John T. Hazel, Jr., Donald C. Stevens, Marc E. Bettius, Fairfax (Francis A. McDermott, Randolph W. Church, Jr., Russell S. Rosenberger, Jr., Hazel, Beckhorn & Hanes, McCandlish, Lillard, Church & Best, Bettius & Langen, Fairfax, on briefs), for appellees.

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


COCHRAN, Justice.

In this appeal we consider the validity of county ordinances prohibiting for a specified period of time the filing of applications for approval of site plans and preliminary subdivision plats.

On January 7, 1974, the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County, pursuant to a resolution stating that "emergency conditions" existed within the county because of "unprecedented and rapid growth," adopted an Interim Development Ordinance (IDO), on an...

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