
    SWAN BEACH COROLLA, L.L.C.; Ocean Associates, LP; Little Neck Towers, L.L.C. ; Gerald Friedman; Nancy Friedman ; Charles S. Friedman; 'Til Morning, LLC ; and Second Star, LLC v. COUNTY OF CURRITUCK; The Currituck County Board of Commissioners; and John D. Rorer, Marion Gilbert, O. Vance Aydlett, Jr., H.M. Petrey, J. Owen Etheridge, Paul Martin, and S. Paul O'Neal as members of the Currituck County Board of Commissioners
    No. 397A17
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    Filed May 11, 2018
    Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P., by J. Mitchell Armbruster and Lacy H. Reaves, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellants.
    Brough Law Firm, PLLC, by G. Nicholas Herman ; and Donald I. McRee, Jr., Currituck County Attorney, for defendant-appellees.
    Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC, by James S. Schenck, IV, Raleigh; and Amy Bason, General Counsel, for North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, amicus curiae.
    Simonsen Law Firm, P.C., by Lars P. Simonsen, Edenton, and Micah R. Simonsen, for Northern Currituck Outer Banks Association, and Roger W. Knight, P.A., by Roger W. Knight, for Fruitville Beach Civic Association, amici curiae.
   PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.  