Board of County Commissioners v. Guyther

The appellant, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County (Board) is composed of five members.1 On 8 September 1976, the Board met. All five members were present. The minutes of that meeting show that when an application, filed by the appellees Robert Oliver Guyther and *245another (owner), to reclassify a 29 acre parcel of land from the AR-2 zone (Agricultural-Residential) to the C-2 zone (Highway Commercial) was to be considered, two members, Commissioners Millison and McKay, excused themselves because of a conflict of interest. The three remaining members, Commissioners Dean,…