Trip Associates, Inc. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
898 A.2d 449 (2006)
Relevant factsFree
Triplin (plaintiff) featured adult entertainment two nights weekly at his nightclub, a use predating a 1994 zoning ordinance making adult entertainment nonconforming in the district; after Baltimore (defendant) issued a violation notice, the Board found Triplin entitled only to the two-nights-weekly frequency he had been using, and the lower courts affirmed that frequency restriction.
IssueFree
Whether increasing the frequency of a valid, nonconforming use of property is a permissible intensification of the use rather than an unlawful expansion of the use.