Mayor and Council of Rockville v. Henley

The appellee, Robert J. Henley, is the owner of two lots and the contract purchaser of the three adjoining lots located at the southwest corner of Stonestreet and Frederick Avenues within the corporate limits of the City of Rockville, Maryland. He filed an application with the appellant, the Mayor and Council of Rockville, requesting a rezoning of these lots so as to change their classification from R-60 (single family residential) to 1-1 (light industrial). Following a public hearing, the appellant, on 23 November 1971, denied this request after concluding that there had been neither a…