QUEEN COMMISSIONERS OF QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY v. Miles

The substantive issues presented in this appeal are whether the action of the County Commissioners of Queen Anne’s County (the Commissioners), in promulgating as part of its comprehensive zoning ordinance an “R-l” Estate District with a five acre minimum lot size, is constitutional insofar as it affects the property of the appellees and other properties similarly situated; and, if the classification is constitutional, whether the Commissioners’ action is invalid because of arbitrary, unreasonable and discriminatory action in the classification of the property of the appellees and other…