County Council v. Carl M. Freeman Associates Inc.

This action, involving a comprehensive zoning amendment by petitioner County Council for Prince George’s County, presents two essentially procedural issues for our consideration. On the one hand, the Council contends that this suit is not properly before us because respondent Carl M. Freeman Associates, Inc., instituted it by way of administrative appeal when no such remedy is provided by law. On the other hand, the respondent asserts that the map amendment is invalid as a matter of law because it was approved by resolution instead of by ordinance. Although we reject the petitioner’s…