MAYOR & CC OF BALTIMORE v. Poe

A successful application was made by the appellant, Phi Sigma Delta Alumni Association, Johns Hopkins University Chapter, Inc., to the Bureau of Building Inspection of Baltimore City to use the property at 3904 Canterbury Road, Baltimore City, for a fraternity house. The Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals affirmed the granting of the permit on appeal by the appellees (neighbors, nearby property owners, and a neighborhood improvement association). Upon appeal to the Baltimore City Court by the appellees the decision of the Board was reversed, whereupon Baltimore City and the fraternity…