Covel v. Town of Vienna

By Judge Stanley P. Klein

These consolidated cases are before the Court based upon determinations made by the Vienna Town Council (“the Town”) concerning properties in Vienna owned by Petitioners Michael Covel (“Covel”), Jerome and Johanna Covel (“Dr. and Mrs. Covel”), Matthew and Susan Stich (“Stich”), and PMY, Associates (“PMY”) (collectively “Petitioners”). Petitioners claim, inter alia, that the Windover Heights Historic District (“WHHD”), where all of the subject properties are located, was established in a manner inconsistent with statutory and constitutional law and that the decisions…