JEFFERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE v. WILMOTH FAMILY PROPERTIES, LLC, ET AL. - Articles

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Posted by: Karen Belcher on Feb 1, 2021

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: F. Clinton Little and Eric B. Foust, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

Attorneys 2: Benjamin C. Mullins, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Wilmoth Family Properties, LLC, Cedar Pond Farms, Shawn and Priscilla Wilmoth.

Judge(s): MCCLARTY

This action concerns the trial court’s dismissal of a complaint for injunctive relief in which Jefferson County sought to enforce its zoning ordinance as applied to a commercial wedding event venue operated in a rural residential area. We affirm the trial court’s holding that the activities are immune from the County’s authority to enforce its zoning powers by virtue of the agricultural use of the property.