Chapman v. Montgomery County Council

I dissent because, in my opinion, there was sufficient evidence before the District Council to make “fairly debatable” its finding that there had been sufficient change in conditions in the neighborhood to justify the rezoning of the subject property from the R-R (Rural Residential) zone to the C-l (Local Commercial) zone.

The excellent original Report and Recommendation of Mrs. Rita C. Davidson, the hearing examiner in this case, dated November 26, 1968, consisting of some 23 printed pages in the Record Extract with 19 informative notes and the hearing examiner’s Further Report and…