People's Counsel for Baltimore County v. Loyola College in Maryland
Court of Appeals of Maryland
956 A.2d 166 (2008)
Relevant factsFree
Loyola College sought a special exception to use a Baltimore County property as a spiritual retreat center, and after extensive hearings the zoning Board rejected objecting citizens' argument that Loyola needed to prove no other location in the same zone would suffer less adverse impact, a position the circuit court found legally erroneous before the intermediate appellate court reinstated the Board's approval.
IssueFree
Whether, under zoning law, a comparison of the adverse effects of a proposed use at a proposed location to the effects at other locations in the same zone is part of the required analysis for special-exception applications.