MORRIS COMM. v. BESSEMER CITY ZONING BOA

No. COA09-440.

689 S.E.2d 880 (2010)

MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION d/b/a Fairway Outdoor Advertising, Petitioner v. CITY OF BESSEMER CITY ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes and Davis, P.A., by Craig D. Justus and Lindsay P. Thompson, Asheville, for petitioner-appellant.

Gray, Layton, Kersh, Solomon, Furr & Smith, P.A., by David W. Smith, III and Michael L. Carpenter, Gastonia, for respondent-appellee.


CALABRIA, Judge.

Morris Communications Company d/b/a Fairway Outdoor Advertising ("Fairway") appeals from an order affirming the decision of the City of Bessemer City Zoning Board of Adjustment's ("the BOA") decision requiring the removal of petitioner's billboard. We affirm.

I. Facts

Fairway leases a parcel of land ("the property") in Bessemer City, North Carolina ("the City"), for the purpose of using and maintaining a billboard ("the billboard...

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