Chesapeake Park, Inc. v. Donleve

On 13 October 1972, the appellant, Chesapeake Park, Inc. (owner), filed a petition to reclassify approximately 18.5 acres (subject property) of its 200 acres of land from the M.H. Zone (Manufacturing, heavy), I.M. District (Industrial, major), to the B.M. Zone (Business, major), I.M. District (Industrial, major). On 22 August 1973, the Baltimore County Zoning Commissioner granted the reclassification. On 20 May 1974, the Baltimore County Board of Appeals (Board) affirmed. On 14 June 1974, the appellees, Austin A. Donleve and others (protestants), filed an appeal in the Circuit Court for…