HOLLAND v. JOHNSON

Record No. 901226.

403 S.E.2d 356 (1991)

Sherrard HOLLAND, et al. v. Lynn JOHNSON, Zoning Administrator of Franklin County, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Natt (Osterhoudt, Ferguson, Natt, Aheron & Agee, on brief), for appellants.

David A. Melesco on brief, for appellee Rockydale Quarries Corp.

B. James Jefferson on brief, for appellees Lynn Johnson, Zoning Adm'r of Franklin County and The Bd. of Sup'rs of Franklin County.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, WHITING, LACY and HASSELL, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.


HASSELL, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether a zoning administrator has the authority to decide whether a landowner has a vested right in a land use.

The facts are undisputed. Rockydale Quarries Corporation planned to develop and operate a rock quarry on a parcel of land in Franklin County. After Rockydale had undertaken certain preliminary work and acquired the site, the Franklin County Board of Supervisors enacted the county's first zoning ordinance...

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