Mayor of Baltimore v. Neighborhood Rentals, Inc.

KRAUSER, Judge.

To obtain a permit to use the premises at 5525-5527 Harford Road1 in Baltimore City for a “rent-to-own” store, specializing in “the sale, service and rental of electronics, appliances, and furniture,” appellee Ed Knox filed an application for such a permit with the City’s Department of Housing and Community Development (“DHCD”). Knox was then and presumably still is the managing member of appellee CMS Property, LLC, which owns the Harford Road property, and the vice president of appellee Neighborhood Rentals, Inc., which leases it.

Although initially approved, the application…