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Baltimore County Board of Appeals accepts reconsideration motion but denies relief in McKenzie use-permit case
Summary
The Baltimore County Board of Appeals agreed to consider a motion for reconsideration in the Melissa McKenzie use-permit matter (UP23-005-AL) but denied the requested relief, citing untimeliness and lack of evidence that a rezoning altered the permitting analysis.
The Baltimore County Board of Appeals on a public deliberation accepted a motion for reconsideration in the matter of Melissa McKenzie (case UP23-005-AL) but denied the relief requested, concluding the filings before the board did not show a timely, substantive basis to overturn the board’s prior opinion.
The motion for reconsideration was filed by counsel for the protestants and dated in the packet as March 19 (an emailed transmission showed a March 18 timestamp of about 10:45 p.m.); the board’s original opinion was issued Feb. 13. During the deliberation board members discussed whether the 30-day reconsideration window had been extended by the so-called mailbox rule (Maryland Rule 1-203(c), which adds three days when service is by mail) and whether the protestants had submitted evidence showing the property had been rezoned to RC-5 and, if so, when that change occurred.
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