Baker v. Montgomery County Council

In this zoning case, the Montgomery County Council, acting in its capacity as a district council, granted an application for the reclassification of a 32.61-acre tract of land (designated as Layhill Park on the zoning identification plat) from an R-90 zone (one-family detached restricted residential) to an R-20 zone (multiple-family medium density residential). On the appeal of the protestants (Francis B. Baker and William B. Whitley) to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, that court sustained the action of the district council. The order of the circuit court will be reversed for the…