Deerfield v. City of Hampton
Annotate this CaseAppellants in this case were several individuals comprising the Committee of Petitioners of the Buckroe Beach Bayfront Park Petition (the Committee). The Committee filed a complaint against POH 2010 LLC (POH) and the City of Hampton seeking an order declaring that POH's proposed development of a certain residential subdivision located in the City was unlawful and enjoining such development. The circuit court dismissed the Committee's complaint. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the Committee lacked standing to bring the action based on the limited authority granted to the Committee by the City Charter, which, under its referendum provisions, restricted the Committee's activities to pursuing a petition to repeal a newly enacted City zoning ordinance permitting the proposed development.
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