North v. St. Mary's County

CATHELL, Judge.

Appellant, John C. North, II, Chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission (Chairman), appeals from a decision of the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County affirming a decision of the St. Mary’s County Board of Appeals, granting a variance from the provisions of the St. Mary’s County Critical Area Program which prohibits the use requested, except as a variance, in the critical area buffer zone. Mr. John T. Enoch and the Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County are the appellees.

Appellant poses two questions:

1. Was there substantial evidence before the Board…