County Commissioners of Carroll County v. Carroll Craft Retail, Inc.

WILNER, Judge.

We granted certiorari in this case on our own initiative, prior to any definitive ruling by the Court of Special Appeals, in order to examine whether certain provisions in the Carroll County zoning law dealing with adult entertainment businesses are unconstitutionally vague and ambiguous. As is often the case when, on our own initiative, we opt to review a case still pending in the Court of Special Appeals, we had before us, when we granted the writ, only the appellant’s brief that had been filed in that court. After considering the subsequently filed appellee’s brief, reviewing…