Grebow v. Mayor of Baltimore

This case presents ¿'"narrow question of statutory construction. The Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals of Baltimore City denied an application of the appellant for permission to retain two non-illumiriated advertising signs painted on the side brick wall of his building at 2242 Druid Hill Avenue, which constituted a non-conforming use in a residential district. He applied to the Zoning Commissioner for such permission, after he received notice to remove the painted signs from the surface of the wall. The decision was affirmed on appeal to the Baltimore City Court. The basis of the Board’s…