Howard County v. Dorsey

This case presents the question whether the County Council of Howard County (Council) 1 committed basic and actual "mistake” or "error” as those interchangeable terms are used in zoning law, when it adopted a comprehensive zoning map amendment.

The subject property, owned by William P. Dorsey (owner), is located within an area of land bounded on the north by Snowden River Parkway, on the east by Oakland Mills Road, and on the southwest by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks. The railroad tracks run through the northern portion of an area known as Guilford.

The subject property, consisting of…