Shaarei Tfiloh v. Mayor & Council of Baltimore

Panel: Leahy, Reed, Shaw Geter, JJ. *

Leahy, J.

*108 "If the rain spoils our picnic, but saves a farmer's crop, who are we to say it shouldn't rain?"

This appeal swells out of the controversial law imposing stormwater remediation fees, commonly referred to as the "Rain Tax." The law passed like a tidal wave through the General Assembly in 2012 to fulfill requirements imposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") in order to reduce pollutants entering the Chesapeake Bay. Under the new state law, Maryland Code (1982, 2013 Repl. Vol.), Environment Law Article ("Envir."), §…