Sembly v. County Board of Appeals

This appeal is from an order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County (Maguire, J.) affirming a decision of the Baltimore County Board of Appeals, which granted a special exception for a “community building” to the O’Neill Club of Towson, Inc. (the club), an affiliate of the Knights of Columbus. Appellants were protestants in the proceedings before the Board of Appeals.

The club’s property consists of approximately 2.3 acres in the Eighth Election District of Baltimore County near Lutherville. It is approximately 675 feet east of the “Baltimore-Harrisburg Expressway” (Interstate 83) on the…