STEUART INV. CO. v. BD. OF COMM'RS

No. 1079, September Term, 1976.

38 Md. App. 381 (1978)

381 A.2d 1174

STEUART INVESTMENT COMPANY v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver R. Guyther and Norman M. Glasgow, with whom were Robert V. Smith, Alfred H. Carter, John F. McCabe, Jr., and Wilkes & Artis on the brief, for appellant.

Amicus curiae brief filed by James F. Vance in behalf of Potomac River Association, Inc.

Joseph Ernest Bell, II, County Attorney, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MOYLAN, DAVIDSON and MOORE, JJ.


DAVIDSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant, Steuart Investment Co. (Steuart), is the owner of 397 acres of industrially zoned land at Piney Point, St. Mary's County, on which since 1950 it has operated an oil storage facility, a permitted use,1 now containing 26 storage tanks. In August, 1975, as a prerequisite to the issuance of building permits for the construction of additional tanks identical to four existing tanks...

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