Miller v. City of Annapolis Historic Preservation Commission

This appeal involves the installation of fiberglass columns, rather than wood columns, in the reconstruction of a front porch in the Annapolis Historic District. Bryan Miller, appellant, received approval from the Historic Preservation Commission of the City of Annapolis (the “Commission”) to build a porch with wood columns. Instead, he installed fiberglass columns. The Commission then rejected his application for an after-the-fact Certificate of Approval to permit him to keep the fiberglass columns. He appealed to the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, which affirmed the decision of the…