Temmink v. Board of Zoning Appeals

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County affirming an order of the Board of Zoning Appeals of Baltimore County reclassifying a parcel of three acres of land at Catonsville in the residential development known as Colonial Gardens from an “A” Residence Zone to an “E” Commercial Zone.

The Baltimore County Zoning Enabling Act, enacted by the Maryland Legislature in 1941, authorized the County Commissioners of Baltimore County to adopt a comprehensive plan of zoning regulations and restrictions affecting the erection, alteration and use of buildings and land in…