Remes v. Montgomery County

CATHELL, Judge.

In this case, David H. Remes, petitioner, owner of a home located in Silver Spring, seeks to establish whether directly-adjacent property, which formerly was owned by Jonathan C. Duffie, and was later transferred by Mr. Duffie to Design-Tech Builders, Inc. (“Design-Tech”), respondent, is deemed to have merged for zoning purposes under the common-law principles described in Friends of the Ridge v. Baltimore Gas & Elec. Go., 352 Md. 645, 724 A.2d 34 (1999).

Under the circumstances of this case, the Court is called upon to determine if Design-Tech was properly granted a building…