Legal Opinion
Sizemore v. Town of Chesapeake Beach
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 25, 2015No. 1607/14PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLeahy, J.
Appellants Joyce Sizemore and her daughter Stephanie Sizemore, possessed of the hope and optimism common to those with an entrepreneurial spirit, applied for a zoning permit in April 2000 to construct the “Beef & Reef Restaurant” on their property in the Town of Chesapeake Beach in Calvert County, Maryland. Unfortunately, the Sizemores lacked sufficient resources to fully fund their aspirations for the Beef & Reef.
On October 2, 2003, Joyce Sizemore received her final zoning permit for the restaurant. At the time, the property was zoned for Commercial High-Density (“C-HD”) use, which permitted…
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