BOARD OF SUP'RS, ETC. v. Southland Corp.

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• holding \that the [circuit] court had subject matter jurisdiction\ after finding the existence of the prerequisites for a justiciable controversy under Code § 8.01-184
• “the power to grant or deny special exceptions or use permits— [is] a legislative, rather than an administrative act”
• wherein the Court discussed the statutory scheme’s inclusive purposes within the context of litigation involving the validity of local zoning provisions
• “We shall not undertake to resolve the controversy posed by the foregoing arguments because they demonstrate that the question whether quick-service food stores should be required to obtain a special exception is ‘fairly debatable’.”
• “The power to regulate the use of land by zoning laws is a legislative power, residing in the state . . . . [T]his power may be delegated to the political subdivisions of the state.”
• “some evidence of reasonableness” to support the zoning ordinance

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