Agneslane, Inc. v. Lucas

In March of 1965, Agneslane, Inc. petitioned the Baltimore County Zoning Commissioner for reclassification of a fifty-four acre tract of unimproved land from R-6 (one or two-family residential use) to R-A (residential use apartments). In May, the deputy commissioner held a hearing and the following month he granted the reclassification. This decision was appealed to the County Board of Appeals which reversed the deputy commissioner and in a two-to-one decision denied the requested reclassification. Agneslane then appealed to the Circuit Court for Baltimore County at which time the appellees,…