GRAYS HILL BAPTIST v. BEAUFORT COUNTY

Opinion No. 27995.

431 S.C. 630 (2020)

850 S.E.2d 29

GRAYS HILL BAPTIST CHURCH, Petitioner, v. BEAUFORT COUNTY, and The Beaufort County Zoning Board of Appeals, Defendants, and The United States of America, Defendant-Intervenor, Of which Beaufort County and The United States of America are the Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed September 16, 2020.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Fred Kuhn, Jr. , of Moss Kuhn & Fleming, P.A., of Beaufort, for Petitioner Grays Hill Baptist Church.

Mary Bass Lohr and Catherine L. Floeder , both of Howell Gibson & Hughes, P.A., of Beaufort, for Respondent Beaufort County.

Assistant United States Attorney Lee Ellis Berlinsky , of Charleston, for Respondent The United States of America.


This appeal arises from Beaufort County's refusal to issue Grays Hill Baptist Church a construction permit to build a fellowship hall adjacent to its existing sanctuary. The court of appeals reversed the master's order and reinstated the Beaufort County Planning Commission's decision to deny the permit because the Church's 1997 development...

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