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The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a local referendum against a McIntosh County zoning ordinance can proceed.

The ordinance would have allowed houses larger than the previous 1,400-square-foot maximum to be built on Sapelo Island.

This decision reverses a lower court's order that had stopped the referendum, which was initiated by local Gullah-Geechee community members.

A Georgia Supreme Court ruling about a zoning dispute over small homes on a small barrier island could have big consequences for a big state.

The high court ruled Tuesday that a local referendum against a McIntosh County zoning ordinance could move forward.

The decision reversed a superior court judge's order that halted the voter referendum on grounds that it violated t

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