J.P. Delphey Ltd. Partnership v. Mayor of Frederick

Petitioner, J.P. Delphey Limited Partnership, seeks relief from a judgment of the Court of Special Appeals affirming the condemnation of the Delphey property by the City of Frederick. We granted certiorari to consider the Petitioner’s two questions, 393 Md. 477, 903 A.2d 416 (2006), to which we have added a third question and renumbered, in order to illuminate all of the issues raised in Delphey’s petition, which include:

1. Whether, pursuant to Ann.Code MD Art. 23A § 2(b)(24), the City of Frederick was required to enact an ordinance specific to the property sought to be acquired by…