Snyder v. State Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

In the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Twin Lakes Partnership (Developer) sued, insofar as here relevant,1 Baltimore County (County) for damages which occurred when the County refused to allow the Developer to “hook up” to the County’s sewer system. In its declaration, the Developer alleged that on 4 November 1968 it acquired a parcel of land lying within the Gwynns Falls Drainage Basin in an area serviced by the County’s sewer system. On 27 March 1969, the Developer received tentative approval of a plan to build 606 apartment units, on that land. A 172 unit highrise apartment building…