Lee v. County Board of Appeals

This appeal is from an order affirming a decision of the County Board of Appeals in a zoning case denying the appellants’ petition for reclassification of some 17 acres of land on Joppa Road east of Charles Street Avenue, from R-6 and R-20 to an R-A (residence, apartment) zone, with a special exception for an elevator apartment as to about 9 acres of the property. The action of the Board, as set out in its written opinion, was based on its findings that the appellant failed to prove that there had been a sufficient change in the character of the neighborhood to warrant a reclassification, and…