A self-storage warehouse company’s lawsuit over a City of Rockville
zoning change that blocked it from building a facility near an
elementary school is set for a May hearing in federal court.
Lawsuit Claims Rockville Mayor and Council Members Conspired to Craft Illegal Zoning Law to Block Self-Storage Facility
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Sir Isaac Newton
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Federal Judge Dismisses Self-storage Complaint Against Rockville Mayor and Council Zoning Rule
ReplyDeleteFederal judge dismissed a closely-watched challenge by a self-storage company to a Rockville city zoning rule that prevented it from building near Maryvale Elementary School on First Street. Judge Roger Titus, a former Rockville city attorney who now sits on the bench of federal district court in Greenbelt, ruled that Rockville Mayor and Council were within their rights to amend the zoning law. There would be an “enormous chilling effect” on every legislator in the state of Maryland if the case were allowed to proceed in federal court, Titus said at the end of a two-and-a-half-hour hearing. Titus said that lawmakers have “absolute immunity” from such lawsuits, and it would set a “dangerous precedent” to agree with the plaintiff that it was a“conspiracy” for lawmakers to listen and respond to citizens’ concerns.