in october 2016, wood filed suit in fulton superior court against roswell and the roswell council members over whether he could renovate his home. wood's home is located in the roswell historic district, which requites prior approval when renovating. he was initially granted approval by the roswell historic preservation commission to build a 1.5 story, 3,000 square foot house on his property. however, the city council later overturned the decision in august 2016. wood alleged in the lawsuit that council members acted improperly by deciding the council had the legal authority to reverse the commission's earlier decision. state historic preservation laws allow "limited authority" for the council members to "approve, modify and approve, or reject" the historic commission’s final decision, but only if it is found that the commission abused its discretion.