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CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA v. CARPENTER

32949.

240 Ga. 448 (1978)

241 S.E.2d 199

CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA v. CARPENTER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 3, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Shepard, Samuel F. Maguire, for appellant.

James E. Slaton, Henry J. Heffernan, for appellees.

NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

The appellees are owners of certain property in the City of Augusta upon which a grocery store was operated from 1947 until 1975. In 1952 when the zoning ordinance was adopted, the property became a nonconforming use. Under the nonconforming use, appellees were prohibited from improving the building and found they could no longer compete with the supermarkets in the area. The appellees had sought several times to have the property rezoned from...

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