Mayor of Rockville v. Stone

If variety is the spice of life, then it would seem that the zoning cases which originate in Montgomery County are certainly well peppered. The factual twists present in this action, which reaches us by certiorari to the Court of Special Appeals, 1 are ample support for this statement since this case is unusual in two respects. First, the application which precipitated this litigation was filed by the City of Rockyille Planning Commission, a governmental agency, rather than by the joint owners, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Stone and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bogart (the protestants), which is the usual…