In a very brief order, Charlottesville City Court Judge Claude Worrell has dismissed a motion from the City of Charlottesville to reconsider his April 16 ruling allowing a lawsuit against the city’s new zoning code to proceed.
Attorneys for Charlottesville had argued in an April 25 motion that a new Court of Appeals ruling issued on April 22 supported their view that the plaintiffs in White v. Charlottesville should not be allowed to proceed.
Attorney Mike Derdeyn filed a counter motion arguing that the Drewry v. Board of Supervisors ruling did not apply.
Judge Worrell agreed with Derdeyn.
“Finding it appropriate to do so based upon the pleadings, it is hereby ordered that Defendant’s Motion for Reconsideration is denied,” Worrell wrote in an order dated today.
The next step will be to set a date for the next hearing. For more information, take a look at my recent story on this set of motions.
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