What Are The Steps of Appeal of a Zoning Issue Through the Court System?
There is almost no standard progression of a zoning issue through the lower administrative channels of each county in Georgia, because each county is free to name its intake desk, planning commission, board of appeals, etc. Different names in each County provide for different tracts of review of building and zoning issues. Issues on the grant or denial of a variance begin in the Planning Department of the Public Works Department. Code of DeKalb County 27-31. Amendments to the Zoning Ordinances start with the Planning Commission. Code of DeKalb County 27-32 Appeals, states: It is the intention of this chapter that all questions arising in connection with the administration and enforcement of this chapter shall be presented first to the public works department and that these questions shall be presented to the board of appeals only on appeal from decision of the department and that, from the decision of the board of appeals, recourse shall be had to the board of commissioners. The Board
