Sprayberry v. Board of Commissioners of Putnam County

Sprayberry v. Board of Commissioners of Putnam County,, A22A1329

We must “seek to avoid a construction that makes some language mere surplusage.”¹³ Here, under the plain meaning of its text, § 66-158 allows a variance for an exceptionally narrow, shallow, or “shape[d]” piece of property that was platted of record at the time that Putnam County adopted Chapter 66 in 2007.¹⁴ Because the denial of the variance was based on an error of law, we reverse the superior court’s decision.