A recent federal statute severely limits zoning regulation that in any manner imposes a “substantial burden” on a house of worship or religious institution. The “Religious Land Use And Institutionalized Persons Act” shifts the burden of proof to local government when a land use regulation ...

“At a legislative session-day of the County Council, within three months after the publication of the decennial census figures of the United States Bureau of the Census … the County Council shall include as an item of legislative business at said session the revision of ...

A person can contribute no more than $4,000 to one Maryland campaign and a total of $10,000 to all Maryland campaigns during a four-year cycle. The current 2002 four-year cycle runs from January 1, 1999 through December 31, 2002. A contribution is money or anything ...

Baltimore County is advancing the first major overhaul of its historic preservation program since its original enactment in the bicentennial year by Bill 17-76. Based upon Baltimore City’s ordinance, that 1976 enactment quickly became recognized as a model not only for protecting museum quality buildings, ...

Baltimore County is expected to enact legislation next month creating two new resource preservation zoning districts. RC 7 Zone The proposed RC 7 zone is intended to protect "valuable cultural, historic, recreational, and environmental resources" through significantly lowering residential densities and reducing the scale of ...