SB 1045

Zoning – Board of Appeals Decisions or Zoning Actions – Judicial Review

Sponsor: Dawn Gile (District 33)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Local Government - GenerallyStatus: Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Applying to charter counties and the City of Baltimore certain provisions relating to a request for judicial review of certain decisions of a board of appeals or a zoning action; specifying when a person is aggrieved by a board of appeals decision or a zoning action of a legislative body for purposes of requesting judicial review by a circuit court; authorizing certain corporations, unincorporated associations, and other organizations to file a request for judicial review of a board of appeals decision or a zoning action; etc.

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Testimony (19)

MGA witness list

FAV 10FavorableUNF 9Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Smail, Paul	Chesapeake Bay Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Isaacson, Evan	Chesapeake Legal Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Carr-York, Maureen	Greater Severna Park Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Spadaro, Paul	Magothy River Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Zaniker, Karen	N/A	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dupcak, Danielle	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gile, Senator	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Gile, Senator Gilelegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Stevenson, Russell	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Striner, Richard	Individual	Oral
UNF	Dickinson, Leslie	Disability Rights Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Butchko, Dominic	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Graf, Lorilobbyist	Maryland Building Industry Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Enten, Robert	Maryland Multi-Housing Assoc	Oral
UNF	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ballentine, Tom	NAIOP Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Dales, Phil	NAIOP and MBIA	Oral
UNF	Castelli, Williamlobbyist	Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLC	Written (PDF)
UNF	Bray, Kinley	Individual	Oral

Organizations on record

Chesapeake Bay FoundationFAV 1

Chesapeake Legal AllianceFAV 1

Disability Rights MarylandUNF 1

Greater Severna Park CouncilFAV 1

Magothy River AssociationFAV 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)UNF 1

Maryland Building Industry AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Multi-Housing AssocUNF 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsUNF 1

N/AFAV 1

NAIOP and MBIAUNF 1

NAIOP MarylandUNF 1

Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLCUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFGraf, LoriMaryland Building Industry AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Building Industry Association

UNFCastelli, WilliamRifkin, Weiner, Livingston LLCRegistered for: ASC Engineered Solutions; Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S, LLC; Board of County Commissioners of Allegany County, MD; Brown Advisory; Cable Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware and D.C., Inc.; Colonial Pipeline Company…