HOWARD RESEARCH v. CONCERNED CITIZENS

[No. 73, September Term, 1982.]

297 Md. 357 (1983)

466 A.2d 31

THE HOWARD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ET AL. v. THE CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR THE COLUMBIA CONCEPT ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motions For Reconsideration denied October 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger D. Redden, with whom were James D. Lano and Paul A. Tiburzi on the brief, for appellant The Howard Research and Development Corporation and by Paul T. Johnson, Assistant County Solicitor, with whom was Timothy E. Welsh, County Solicitor, on the brief, for appellant Howard County, Maryland.

Barbara Gold for appellees.

Amicus curiae brief of Prince George's County, Maryland filed. Robert B. Ostrom, County Attorney, Michael O. Connaughton, Deputy County Attorney and Steven M. Gilbert, Associate County Attorney, on the brief.

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


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

This case presents the question whether the Howard County Board of Appeals (Board of Appeals) has authority to entertain an appeal from an action of the Howard County Planning Board (Planning Board) approving the construction of a gasoline service station (gas station) in the Columbia New Town District (Columbia).1 The relevant statutory, charter...

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