Anne Arundel County v. Harwood Civic Ass'n

In Anne Arundel County, Maryland v. Steve Bell, 442 Md. 539, 113 A.3d 639, 2015 WL 1798953 (2015), filed immediately prior to the opinion in the present case, we concluded that the doctrine of property owner standing is not the *598appropriate test for a judicial challenge to a comprehensive zoning action. See id., at 546-47, 113 A.3d 639. Rather, plaintiffs wishing to challenge in Maryland courts the legislative process and final action adopting a comprehensive zoning are required to demonstrate taxpayer standing — the standing doctrine applicable to judicial challenges to legislative actions.…