HISTORIC CHARLESTON v. CHARLESTON

No. 27181.

400 S.C. 181 (2012)

734 S.E.2d 306

HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION and Preservation Society of Charleston, Respondents, v. The CITY OF CHARLESTON, The City of Charleston City Council and Library Associates, LLC, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 17, 2012.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Alan Domin , of Clawson & Staubes, of Charleston, and Frances Isaac Cantwell , of Regan and Cantwell, of Charleston, for Appellants.

Samia Hanafi Nettles and Edward K. Pritchard, III both of Pritchard & Elliott, of Charleston, and Lindsay Kathryn Smith-Yancey , Daniel Simmons McQueeney, Jr. , and George Trenholm Walker , all of Pratt-Thomas Walker, of Charleston, for Respondents.


Justice PLEICONES.

This is an appeal from a master's order invalidating a City of Charleston zoning ordinance1 on the ground it constituted illegal spot zoning. We reverse.2

FACTS

Appellant Library Associates purchased the building located at 404 King Street (404 King) which was formerly the main branch of the Charleston County Public Library...

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