Ashe Cty. v. Ashe Cty. Plan. Bd.

Syllabus

land use regulation permit choice statutes do not apply unless a complete application for a land use approval has been submitted and did not apply where complete application was not submitted until after moratorium prohibiting requested use was adopted, but before ordinance under which land use was requested was repealed and replaced by new, more onerous ordinance moratorium statute in effect at the time moratorium when into effect had exemptions, none of which were applicable to moratorium at issue, so moratorium barred approval of land use application during its duration proposed asphalt plant did not qualify as an approvable use of land under relevant ordinance because of its proximity to two commercial buildings inconsistencies between representations in two permit applications supported inference of deceptive intent