Legal Opinion
Viles v. Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 27, 2016No. 1401/14Published
1Opinion of the CourtKehoe, J.
As land use disputes go, the relevant facts in this case are mercifully simple. The legal issues are a different matter.
This appeal arises out of a 2013 decision by the Baltimore City Planning Commission to modify some of the terms of a planned unit development that had been established by the Baltimore City Council in 2010. John Viles, together with several other individuals opposed to the modifications, appealed the Commission’s decision to the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals of Baltimore City. The Board declined to address the merits of their claims because it concluded that it did…
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