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HIGDON v. CITY OF SENOIA

Nos. S00A1103, S00A1104.

538 S.E.2d 39 (2000)

273 Ga. 83

HIGDON v. CITY OF SENOIA et al. Coweta County v. City of Senoia.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 30, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Deputy Attorney General, John B. Ballard, Jr., Grace E. Lewis, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, for Higdon.

Hawkins & Parnell, H. Lane Young II, Kimberly A. Houston, Debra E. LeVorse, Atlanta, Glover & Davis, A. Mitchell Powell, Jr., Jerry A. Conner, Newnan, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, John B. Ballard, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for Coweta County.

Jenkins & Nelson, Frank E. Jenkins, Peter R. Olson, Cartersville, for City of Senoia.

Haynie, Litchfield & Crane, Douglas P. Haynie, Emilie K. Petrovich, Marietta, James F. Grubiak, Kelly J. Pridgen, Atlanta, for amici curiae.

THOMPSON, Justice.

In these companion cases we are called upon to resolve whether OCGA §§ 36-70-24(4)(C) and 36-36-11 violate the delegation of zoning power under Art. IX, Sec. II, Par. IV of the Georgia Constitution. For the reasons which follow, we declare the statutes constitutional, and reverse the judgment of the trial court.

In its 1997 session, the General Assembly enacted the Service Delivery Act, OCGA § 36-70-20 et seq., to "minimize...

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