On Monday afternoon, four days after Columbus Mayor Skip Henderson signed the city’s technology overlay ordinance into law, eight Upatoi residents and Keep It Rural LLC filed a complaint against the Columbus Council on seven counts of alleged unconstitutional enforcement, abuse of zoning power and a violation of their procedural due process rights.
The lawsuit, which also lists the Columbus Consolidated Government and Mayor Skip Henderson as defendants, was filed in Muscogee County Superior Court.
Plaintiffs Keep It Rural LLC and eight landowners (Stacie Mailey, Debbie Jackson, Charles McClure, Jeremy Gibson, Jordan Kempson, Robert Landi, Wayne Gasser and Debra Jarzomkowski) who abut or live near the 865-acre site for the proposed $5.18 billion hyperscale data center called Project Ruby in northeast Muscogee County are represented by attorney Jonathan Waters…