Permanent Financial Corp. v. Montgomery County

McAULIFFE, Judge.

Pursuant to the authority of a building permit issued by Montgomery County, a developer undertook construction of an office building in Silver Spring, Maryland. Eight and one-half months and more than two million dollars later, when the shell of the building was complete, the County suspended the building permit and issued a stop work order on the grounds that the building violated statutory height limitations, set-back requirements, and floor area ratio restrictions. The developer appealed to the Montgomery County Board of Appeals (“the Board”) and concurrently filed with…