Tankersley v. Montgomery County Board of Appeals

In this zoning case from Montgomery County, the appellants sought to obtain the right to construct and operate, upon a portion of their property, a stone quarry and crushing plant. The appellants own a large tract of land in what is still a rural section of the County, near the village of Boyds. In 1958, they petitioned the County Council for a reclassification of 200 acres of their land from RR (Rural Residential) to 1-2 (Heavy Industrial). The application was denied, and a second application for the rezoning of 60 acres was withdrawn. Another application for reclassification of 100 acres…