Mayor of Baltimore v. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People

This is another zoning appeal. In this instance, when the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City declared Ordinance No. 1160 of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (the City)—approved December 19, 1957—null and void and enjoined the Schneider Bedding Company (Schneider) and others from utilizing the property rezoned by the ordinance for any use not permitted immediately prior “to the enactment of the ordinance,” the City and Schneider appealed.

*332Ordinance No. 1160 (the ordinance) purported to amend Sheet No. 45 of the Use District Map [Baltimore City Code (1950), Art. 40, entitled “Zoning,”…