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JAMES v. CITY OF FALLS CHURCH

Record No. 090444.

694 S.E.2d 568 (2010)

Katherine E. JAMES, Trustee of the Columbia Baptist Church, et al. v. CITY OF FALLS CHURCH, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 10, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Baskin, Jr. (Baskin, Jackson, Hansbarger & Duffett, on briefs), Falls Church, for appellants.

John E. Foster, City Attorney, for appellees.

Present: KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, GOODWYN, MILLETTE, and MIMS, JJ., and LACY, S.J.

OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

This appeal involves a landowner's application to consolidate three lots of real estate into one lot. The primary issue we decide is whether a zoning administrator's interpretation of an applicable zoning ordinance was binding, pursuant to Code § 15.2-2311(C), on a planning commission's decision whether to approve a consolidation application. Because a planning commission is not an "administrative officer" and because the...

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