GWINN v. COLLIER

Record No. 930682.

443 S.E.2d 161 (1994)

Jane W. GWINN, Fairfax County Zoning Administrator, v. Orville N. COLLIER.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Patrick Taves, Sr. Asst. County Atty. (David P. Bobzien, County Atty., George A. Symanski, Jr., Deputy County Atty.; Jan L. Brodie, Asst. County Atty., on briefs), for appellant.

Timothy B. Hyland, Fairfax (Sally Ann Hostetler, John W. Farrell, Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, on brief), for appellee.

Amicus Curiae: (J. Randall Minchew, Grayson P. Hanes, Hazel & Thomas, Leesburg, on brief), in support of appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, WHITING, HASSELL and KEENAN, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.


HASSELL, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether under the facts and circumstances of this case, Code § 15.1-496.1 requires a zoning administrator to appeal her own decision within 30 days to the Board of Zoning Appeals.

Orville N. Collier owns approximately two acres of real property in the Great Falls area of Fairfax County. The property is located in an area zoned a "residential estate district."

On April 30, 1981, Philip G. Yates, zoning...

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