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HOWARD COUNTY v. DORSEY

[No. 73, September Term, 1980.]

292 Md. 351 (1982)

438 A.2d 1339

HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND ET AL. v. WILLIAM P. DORSEY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 6, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol B. O'Keeffe, Assistant County Solicitor, with whom was Timothy E. Welsh, County Solicitor, on the brief, for appellants.

Rebecca A. Bryant and Bernard F. Goldberg for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.

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

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...

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