Hunter Ridge, LLC v. Planning & Zoning Commission

Summary

The court held that environmental intervention in a zoning appeal does not expand the trial court's otherwise limited remedial or fact-finding authority. Because the underlying zoning appeal did not authorize injunctive relief or the independent adjudication of environmental facts, the trial court could not rely on the environmental statute to issue an injunction, remand for environmental fact-finding, or substitute its judgment for the commission's findings. The judgment was reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with the opinion.