Hardesty v. Dunphy

This attempt to obtain spot zoning for a local shopping •center in a rural-residential area comes to us in a familiar setting with familiar arguments. The appellant Hardesty is in the process of developing a 100 acre resi dential subdivision near Davidsonville in a section of Anne Arundel County that has been zoned and has remained predominantly agricultural since 1952. Of this, he set aside a 4.38 acre tract facing on Maryland Route 214 for future use, partially because of its topography and partially because its location next to a tavern and across the road from a barbecue pit (both…