Fulton County v. ACTION OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, JV, LLC.

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• holding that sign companies had obtained vested rights in the issuance of the permits they sought
• holding that when an applicant submits an application in accordance with applicable ordinances, the applicant has a vested right and is entitled to the permit
• “Fulton County and the cities failed to satisfy their burden of proving that overlay district regulations otherwise prohibited the sign companies from constructing the signs.”
• “Fulton County and the cities failed to satisfy their burden of proving that overlay district regulations otherwise prohibited the sign companies from constructing the signs.”
• landowners had vested individual rights to consideration of applications for permits to construct billboards on their property
• “Georgia law does make clear that when an applicant submits an application for a permit in accordance with applicable ordinances, the applicant is entitled to issuance of the permit.”

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