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R.G. MOORE BLDG. CORP. v. COMMITTEE

Record No. 890686.

391 S.E.2d 587 (1990)

R.G. MOORE BUILDING CORPORATION v. COMMITTEE FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCE R(C)-88-13, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. Giordano (Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Giordano & Kahle, Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellant.

Ray W. King (Tavss, Fletcher & Earley, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee, Committee for Repeal of Ordinance R(c)-88-13.

Kathleen A. Dooley, Asst. City Atty. (Ronald S. Hallman, City Atty., on brief), for appellees, Electoral Bd. of the City of Chesapeake and the City of Chesapeake.

No brief or argument for appellee, State Bd. of Elections.

Present: All the Justices.

COMPTON, Justice.

In this land use controversy, we consider the applicability and validity, vis-a-vis state and local zoning laws, of a municipal charter provision subjecting city ordinances to a referendum.

Appellant R.G. Moore Building Corporation owns approximately 691 acres of real estate in the City of Chesapeake. In February 1988, the landowner filed an application with the City for the rezoning of the tract from an agricultural category to single-family...

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