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Board upholds Metro revocation of permit for Foxhall property after neighbors cite court ruling
Summary
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals voted to uphold the zoning administrator’s revocation of a building permit for 3508 Foxhall Road, rejecting an appeal from Mission Homes after neighbors and a chancery-court ruling were cited as controlling legal precedent.
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals on Jan. 16 upheld the zoning administrator’s revocation of a building permit for 3508 Foxhall Road, denying an appeal by Mission Homes and its development partner.
The decision preserves a September revocation of a permit that had been issued and then rescinded after Metro staff learned of a 2020 chancery-court ruling affecting the subdivision plat. Joey Hargis, Metro’s zoning administrator, told the board he issued the permit in error and “subsequently revoked” it after learning the court had found the smaller, underlying lots at issue were not valid building lots.
The ruling matters because it limits whether older underlying lots created…
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