Bunch v. Abel

The early history of the marina and boatyard owned and operated by the appellees (Abel) 1 was related in some detail by Judge Finan, for the Court, in Kent County Planning Inspector v. Abel and Abel, t/a Galena Boat Yard, 246 Md. 895 (1967), and for that reason we shall not repeat it here.

On 11 July 1968 the Kent County Planning Commission approved Abel’s application for a “Zoning Certificate and/or Building Permit” for the construction of a “bulkhead and 7 covered slips” to be added to his marina, Galena Boat Yard, which at the time had 42 slips and which he had owned and operated since…