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p erm i t wi t h t he Zo n i ng Di v i s io n o f Co bb Co un t y

, Geo rg i a, wh i ch t h e Co b b Co u n t y

B oa r d o f Co m m i s s i o n ers (t h e “ Bo ard ”) a ppr ove d. S ubse que ntly

, M c C a m y P r ope r tie s,

LLC an d M cCam y In v es t m en t s

, LP fi l ed a co m p l ai n t ag ai n s t Co b b Co u n t y G eo rg i a,

M u n ici p al Co rp o rat i o n s

, an d t he i n d i v id u al m em b ers o f t h e Co b b Co u nt y

Bo ard o f

C o m m i s s i o n ers i n t hei r offi ci al cap aci ti es s eek i n g a d ecl arat o ry j u d gm en t an d

i n ju n ct i v e rel i ef t o rev ers e th e Bo ard ’ s ru l i n g

. T he p art i es fi l ed cro s s m o t i o n s fo r

s u m m ary ju d g m en t

, an d th e s up eri o r co u rt gran t ed s u m m a ry ju dg m en t i n fav o r o f

Co b b Co u n t y an d M u ni ci p al Co m m u n i cat i o n s an d d en i ed t he p l ai n t iffs ’ m o t i o n

. Th e

p l ai n t i ffs t h en fi l ed t h i s d i rect ap p eal

, an d M u ni ci p a l Co m m u ni cat i on s h as fi l ed a

m o ti o n t o d i s m i s s t he ap p eal fo r l ack o f ju ri s d i ct i o n.

Un d er OCGA § 5-6 -3 5 (a) (1 ), “ [a] p p eal s fro m t h e d eci s i o n s o f t he s u p eri o r

co u rt s rev i ewi n g deci s i o n s o f

. . . s t at e an d l o cal ad m i n i s t r a t i v e ag en ci es

. . . by

cert io rari o r d e n o v o p ro ceed i n g s ” m u s t b e m ad e b y fi l i n g an ap p l i cat i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal i n t h i s Co u rt

. See Co n s o l i d a ted Go ver n m en t o

f Co l u mb u s v.

Ba r wi ck

, 2 7 4 Ga. 1 7 6, 1 7 7 (1 ) (5 4 9 SE2 d 7 3 ) (2 0 0 1 ); Br o wn v. Ci t y o f Ma r i et t a

, 2 1 4

Ga. Ap p. 8 4 0

, 8 4 0 -8 4 2 (1 ) (4 4 9 SE2 d 5 4 0 ) (1 9 9 4 ). T h i s s t at u t e al s o ap p l i es wh en

p l ai n t i ffs fi l e a d i rect act i o n i n s u p eri o r co u rt i f t h e s u b s t an ce o f t h at act i o n p ert ai n s

t o j u d ici al rev iew o f a zo n in g d eci s i o n

. See Ha mr yka v. Ci t y o f Da ws o n vi ll e

, 2 9 1 Ga.

1 2 4

, 1 2 5 (2 ) (7 2 8 SE2 d 1 9 7 ) (2 0 1 2 ) (OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 ap p li cab l e to ap p eal s fro m

s u p eri o r co u rt rev i ew o f ad m in is t rat iv e ag en cy d eci s i on

, h o wev er th at ju di ci al rev i ew February 25, 2016i s s o u g h t ; d i s cret i o n ary ap p l i cat i o n req u i red w h ere cas e co m m en ced a s

m an d am u s / d ecl arat o ry ju d g m en t act i o n s eek i n g t o i n v al i d at e zo n i n g ).

Ap p el l an t s arg u e t h at t h e ap pro v al b y th e Co b b Co u n ty Bo ard o f

Co m m i s s i o n ers of t h e cel l t o wer p erm i t ap p l i cat i o n was n o t tru l y a “ zo n i n g ” d eci s i o n,

an d t h us a d i rect ap p eal was s u ffi ci en t

. Bu t wh et h er o r n o t ap p ro val o f t h e p erm i t

ap p li cat io n was a “ zo n i n g” d eci s i o n

, i t cl earl y was a d e c i s i o n of a “ l o cal

ad m i n is t rat i v e ag en cy ” wi t h i n t h e m ean i n g of OCGA § 5-6 -3 5 (a) (1 ). Acco rd i n g l y

,

an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d is cret i on ary ap p eal w as n eces s ary

, n o ap p l i cat i o n was fi l ed

, an d

we lack ju ri s di ct i o n o v er t h i s ap p eal

. M u n i ci p al Co m m u n i cat i o ns ’ m o t i on to d i s m i ss

i s h ereb y GRANTED an d t h i s ap p eal i s DISM ISSED.

C o u r t o f A p p e a l s o f t h e S t a t e o

f G e o r g ia

C le r k ’ s O f f i c e

, A t la n t a

,

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r ti fy t h a t t h e a b o v e is a t r u e e x t r a c t f r o m

t h e m i n u t e s o

f t h e C o u r t o

f A p p e a l s o f G e o r g i a

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W i tn e s s m y s i g n a t u r e a n d th e s e a l o

f s a i d c o u r t

h e r e t o a f f i x e d t h e d a y a n d y e a r l a s t a b o v e w r i t t e n

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, C l e r k

. 02/25/2016