Sycamore Realty Co., Inc. v. PEOPLE'S COUNSEL OF BALTIMORE CTY.

CHASANOW, Judge.

In this case, we are called upon to decide whether Baltimore County should be estopped from enforcing a new zoning scheme, enacted during the County’s quadrennial rezoning process, against a property owner whose property was under reservation for potential acquisition by the County at the time it was downzoned. For the following reasons we hold that the County should not be estopped.

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The facts in this case are simply stated. Petitioner, Sycamore Realty Co., Inc., is the owner of Hilltop Place, a 24.37 acre parcel of land in Baltimore County. On December 4, 1990, Petitioner…