Dail v. York County

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court properly held that the landowners’ declaratory judgment action challenging provisions of zoning ordinances addressing silvicultural activity 1 was premature because the landowners had not exhausted available administrative remedies and, alternatively, that the ordinances were valid.

Anne F. Dail and her son, James T. Dail, IE, (the Dails) own approximately 37 acres of undeveloped, wooded property in York County. The parcel is zoned RR (Rural Residential), a zoning classification which allows forestry as a use of right without a special use…