HOWARD RESEARCH & DEV. CORP. v. HOWARD CTY.

No. 1670, September Term, 1979.

46 Md. App. 498 (1980)

418 A.2d 1253

THE HOWARD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ET AL. v. HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided September 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Barker and Richard G. McCauley, with whom were Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman on the brief, for appellant Howard Research and Development Corporation. Thomas E. Lloyd, with whom were Lloyd, Kane & Wieder on the brief, for appellant BP Oil, Inc.

Timothy E. Welsh, County Solicitor for Howard County, with whom were Pamela B. Sorota, Assistant County Solicitor for Howard County, and Paul T. Johnson, Assistant County Solicitor for Howard County, on the brief, for appellee Howard County, Maryland. Barbara Gold on the brief for appellee Concerned Citizens for the Columbia Concept.

The cause was argued before MOORE and COUCH, JJ., and JACOB S. LEVIN, Associate Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, specially assigned.


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

The Board of County Commissioners of Howard County, in May, 1965, amended the Howard County Zoning Regulations by adopting Section 17 which provided for the creation, organization and regulation of a floating zone known as a New Town (NT) District.1 This new section of the zoning regulations provided that the beneficial owner of any tract of land...

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