Prince George's Cty. v. Concerned Citizens

Summary

The Supreme Court of Maryland held that a zoning text amendment allowing higher-density housing on qualifying properties in the Residential-Agricultural Zone did not violate the statutory uniformity requirement, even though the amendment was designed with the Freeway airport in mind and likely applied only to that property. The Court concluded that the amendment served valid public purposes, including encouraging redevelopment of a dangerous nonconforming airport, and that the challengers failed to identify similarly situated properties treated differently or show that the criteria lacked a reasonable public-policy basis. The Court reversed the Appellate Court and affirmed the District Council’s decision.