PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY v. COLLINGTON

No. 79, Sept. Term, 1999.

747 A.2d 1219 (2000)

358 Md. 278

COUNTY COUNCIL OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Maryland, Sitting as District Council v. COLLINGTON CORPORATE CENTER I LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Gilbert, Principal Counsel, Upper Marlboro, for Petitioner.

John P. McDonough (Vernell B. Arrington of O'Malley, Miles, Nylen & Gilmore, P.A., on brief), Calverton, for Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL and MARVIN H. SMITH (retired, specially assigned), JJ.


RODOWSKY, Judge.

Here, a real estate developer was unsuccessful in convincing a District Council to remove a zoning restriction that had been imposed on the subject property pursuant to a plan submitted by the developer's predecessor in title. The Court of Special Appeals, in an unreported opinion, held that the restriction was invalidly imposed. As explained below, we shall hold that the invalidity, if any, was cured by retrospective legislation.

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