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City of Statesboro v. Dickens

The trial court should have dismissed the petition for mandamus and damages to compel the City of Statesboro to issue a building permit for a partially completed garage on the petitioners' land, as they were required to pursue their appeal through a petition for writ of certiorari.

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Following the City of Statesboro’s denial of George and Catherine Dickens’ application to complete construction on a 2,160-square-foot detached garage on their property, the Dickenses appealed the decision to the City’s Zoning Board of Appeals. The Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously to deny the Dickenses’ appeal for a building permit. The Dickenses then filed a petition for mandamus and damages in the Superior Court of Bulloch County to compel the City to issue a building permit for the partially completed 2,160-square-foot garage. The City filed a motion for summary judgment, which the superior court summarily denied. The trial court then issued a certificate of immediate review, and the City timely applied for an interlocutory appeal, which this Court granted on December 10, 2012, with the following questions:

1 Whether the Dickenses were required to seek judicial review in the superior court by way of a petition for a writ of certiorari instead of a petition for mandamus. See OCGA § 5-4-1 a; Zoning Ordinance of the City of Statesboro, Georgia § 1809. See also DeKalb County v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 278 Ga. 501 604 SE2d 162 2004; Jackson v. Spalding County, 265 Ga. 792 462 SE2d 361 1995.

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