Court of Appeals of Maryland May 23, 2016, 59/15 (Assateague Coastal Trust, Inc. v. Schwalbach)

Assateague Coastal Trust, Inc. v. Roy T. Schwalbach, et al.

No. 59, September Term 2015

Critical Area Law – Variance – Requirement to Show Unwarranted Hardship. Under

the State Critical Area Program and the corresponding Worcester County ordinance, a

property owner seeking a variance from a provision of the Critical Area requirements bears

the burden of showing, among other things, that there are