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<br /> i l alesnsauas.rzusauor.c.:�n;i. 1953) It . :•. .
<br /> 1 bona fide farm not su iject to the kiccklen- Jut c Robert 1). 1..ewis heard the cast: 4
<br /> burg County zoning ordinance. The Supe upon the parties waiver of trial by jury. 1+L1 .::.. ''
<br /> 1 riot Court, Diccklenbur�g County, Robert D. Butit slues presented evidence. The judge. iii;_K;__. : ,y:
<br /> Lewis, J., rendered juilkment for the land- made extensive findings of fact and con- -.I., -.7:-.-,
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<br /> owner and ldecklenb rg County api>saled. eluded, in part, that the: 19.6-acre tract is a i t'. `"
<br /> I The Court of Aplx::+ll , Braswell, J., held bona fide farm within the definition of Sec- I, 1.4.,:t• '•:-;;,-..
<br /> that the tract, which was used for the ells- lion 2-21 of the Zoning Ordinance and that - t to
<br /> c ing of agricultura}lroducts and v: , it is exempt from the provisions of the I la's,
<br /> ET c7i the fucilitics for the sale of such Zoning Ordinance of Mecklenburg County. i 1 t •;: '' .:'.
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<br /> i pox uc tuns t u �c G a bona •ilea: fntell• I)t frnd:tntw upixt:d, [I 1..44::;. • :•.:_ ..•. :`
<br /> Affirmed Boyle, Alexander, llord & Smith by 13. 'id .'^
<br /> Irvin Boyle, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appal- ,,_.. ! `-
<br /> Zoning and Planning X279 tee. } 1;45•1,.:, _•
<br /> Tract of land;which was used for rail- Puff, Bont1, Cobb, Wade McNair by i i;D: ;;`� :..,::..• • .
<br /> c ing of agricultural pr ducts,i.c.,vegetable•,, ,lames 0, Cobh, Charlotte, for defendants- . I leer"°bbel for soil erosion con- a> lhint..plants, an d ahru l I ' I'iiifgi.$,":: ::: :::3=.-i .
<br /> trol,and which includfd facilities for sale Of :,[4.;;4,•...,..r.... '""••
<br /> such products, constituted bona tide farm m lift, Sit :Lt,, judge.. I' 1 t rr'= "
<br /> nut subject to Mecklenburg Count zoning 141.4-.:;.•;:::-...-,::::,^,11 Y The applicable standard for appellate re-
<br /> ordinance. G.S. § I�lt> .,5O, 1t)6 5ti3, 1Uti- view of a•judgment, rendered under the :-''_' :''•
<br /> 7Ut1, 139-2(a)(1). I Declaratory Judgment Act was enunciated i 1. 1(3s:';?-; -'
<br /> • by this Court in 1n+ur:uut.Co. r. Allison,51 ; s-
<br /> This action is hero v;ht under the prori- N•t:.App- 65.1, (.g,7,'•77 ti-h:.'�d •173,-175,,dine. [; i :'
<br /> I re v. el:•0 t'tl, :UM N.C. 315, .'1 S.k:.'�t{ (i5.', :ri•'
<br /> pions of the North
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<br /> C.14 "t:i el stag. and in- (1!1x1}, lc: ht' ns follows: -
<br /> Jud}�nu'nt Act, G. 1 �
<br /> vulvas n controversy between plaintiff anti "[T[he (trial] court's findings or fact :me �'
<br /> defendants concerning the I,•gal rigl?:: of conclusive if supported by :my Competent :!
<br /> the plaintiff to the udc of its 19.6-acre tract evidence; and rt judgment. supported her :•i;,.:.`:••-. • 1.,.:.;::'•
<br /> of Lund, contilnrous io its b3-acre tract, in such findinler will lx: rtf[irmed, even c'+ ' • .
<br /> t' t nt • though there is c•:idt•nee which might sus- '! • 1.1g•;;:3•;;;.'•::::::::'.if:; ".::,
<br /> Mecklenburg ,e t yl ill t; `;
<br /> Plaintiff contends that it has the right •taun findin)s to the contrary, and even (i l:1 ,
<br /> under the enabling ptatutc, by vrhich the though incompetent evidence. may have • -• s:, ' it•,,:.=;-
<br /> been admitted. [Cilatit ns omitted.1 The i r'a+ r
<br /> Zoning Ordinance of Mecklenburg County ''i•a : ..•;•'•:
<br /> was adopted, and by Section 2-21 of the function of our review is, then, to deter- i;:'. .••••,...„.r,..
<br /> •mine whether the record contains conrpc- 111';� ;
<br /> Zoning Ordinance, td cultivate its 19.f>--acre g, ,� . •
<br /> tract of land for farm and agricultural pur- tent evitienc4 to .support the finclin 4• , i" ;, ',.-:'
<br /> findings support the i[•itc.:1!4-•;l:;s
<br /> and whether the -`L
<br /> poses without interfwcnee from the defend ?•t!is i:: :',� ;:';': " .:_=,
<br /> ants or without any attempt by the defend- cunclusiuri•c:' . i1.1. ,;::;'-_
<br /> ants to subject said tract to other provisions IL is fttncItmt:nt;tl tmdc'r lhr. Declaratory :;Ai efts -.
<br /> of the 'Loninb- Ordinance Uecausu Lhe 1:7.11- Jud};mert r�ct thatl a party teho runsiclera ir•.{'z��-_ _ _ _;
<br /> acre tract is a Iona f�de farm under the law his rights to be afft'rtt't1 by a zoning ordi'. f I ,t--= ..
<br /> and is exempt from reyulattion. The de- Hance, in a situation trherr- there can be no /
<br /> doubt Una litigation involving him i::immi-
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<br /> fondants contend tlle truce is not a bona du ha 1}Li,;. i l in r,.,;�•;,. -'0,,s,
<br /> Me farm, that it is pot exempt from rci;U- neat, does in t have to te:t'tt to be such, but `, tR : '•`.-: .:�•
<br /> I ition under the endtlling statute by which that be may go to your!, taut tan it dechtrt- 1 �� tits,.:: <<,<
<br /> the laving Ordinance was uduptrd, that lion of hip rights unlrr the ordiu:uu'c nad -1►1 :^,r.:rr_. .-'
<br /> Other sections of the Ordinance in addition seek"relief from tine:wt.:tinty anll iclst'c•oraly :i 1tr;,::::: •.�'i+
<br /> to Section `.� 21 moist be considered, and t+ith resl,ccL to rights, status, and other 1:1'1!;;:f:.:1:2..0.".-417-f.::".•,:•:
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<br /> that plaintiff i9 sub ccL to the defcntlautls` Ivl;.d rt:kttions," G.S. 1 ' j• /• `
<br /> Zoning Ordinance. of Itak,gh, '>t�tl N.C. 'aII Ni S.I':.2d a5i !;IL:;f?` r; -Y__
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