Mombee TLC, Inc. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

KRAUSER, Judge.

To obtain a nonconforming use permit for the adult entertainment presented at its bar, the aptly named “Club Bunns,” appellant Mombee TLC, Inc., filed a “use” application with Baltimore City’s Department of Housing and Community Development. When the Office of the Zoning Administrator denied that application, appellant took the matter before the City’s Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals (the “Board”). There, appellant achieved what, under other circumstances, would have been a victory: Three of the five Board members voted to allow appellant to continue presenting adult…