Supreme Court of Alabama

T Investments, LLC, and Fhm Company, Lllp v. City of Montgomery Planning Commission and City of Montgomery (appeal…

December 8, 2023

Summary

The court held that the planning commission failed to record valid and sufficiently specific reasons for denying conditional approval of the proposed preliminary plat. Because the statutory recording requirement was not satisfied within 30 days, the plat was automatically approved, entitling the developers to mandamus relief. The judgment was reversed and remanded with instructions to grant the petition.