Cinque v. Montgomery County Planning Board

The Montgomery County Planning Board of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, appellee, 1 approved a preliminary plan for a subdivision, which was opposed by individual property owners and various organizations, including the Peach Tree Ridge Civic Association, the Boyds Civic Association, and the Audubon Naturalist Society. Representatives of those groups (“the opponents” or “appellants”) petitioned for judicial review in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, which upheld the approval of the preliminary plan. On appeal to this Court, they present two issues:

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