Talbot County v. Town of Oxford

In an effort to alter critical areas growth allocations within Talbot County and the Towns of Easton, Oxford, and St. Michaels, the Talbot County Commissioners enacted County Bill 933. The Department of Natural Resources, Critical Areas Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays (“the Commission”), the entity whose approval is required to modify critical areas growth allocation, rejected Bill 933, and this litigation ensued.

Dissatisfied with the Commission’s refusal to approve Bill 933 as a local program amendment to its Critical Area Program, appellant/cross-appellee, Talbot…