Armstrong v. Mayor of Baltimore

HARRELL, Judge.

The land use dispute engendering the present case (and its predecessors, 1 contemporaries, 2 and what may come yet 3 ) represents Baltimore City’s version of the Hundred Years’ War. 4 , 5 The present skirmish involves the interpretation and application of the term “family” as defined by the Baltimore City Zoning Code (“the Code” or “BCZC”).

The Code provides that a “dwelling unit” may be occupied by no more than one “family.” Four unrelated individuals (and no more) who live together comprise a “family,” if they form a “single housekeeping unit.” This case requires us to…