QUEEN ANNE CONSERVATORY, INC. v. COUNTY COMM'RS

No. 108, Sept. Term, 2003.

855 A.2d 325 (2004)

382 Md. 306

QUEEN ANNE'S CONSERVATION, INC. v. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, MD, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Daniel Saunders (Christina Harding Landskroener, Chestertown, on brief), for appellant.

John H. Zink, III (Kathleen E. Wherthey, Venable LLP, Towson, on brief), Joseph A. Stevens (Law Offices of Stevens & Associates, LLC, Centreville, on brief), (Nancy L. Slepicka, Fossett & Brugger, Chartered, Greenbelt, Patrick E. Thompson, Foster, Braeden, Thompson & Palmer, Stevensville, on brief), for appellees.

Jon W. Luther, Washington, DC, as amicus curiae, for appellees.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and GREENE, JJ.


HARRELL, J.

Development Rights and Responsibilities Agreements ("DRRAs") are a relatively recent addition to the Maryland toolbox of land use and development implements approved by the Legislature for possible use by many local political subdivisions and the legal or equitable owners of real properties desiring to develop their properties. Although many states, such as California in 1979, preceded Maryland in recognizing the use of DRRAs or their equivalents, our...

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