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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="10-305" title_number="10" title_name="Express Powers Act" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Express Powers of Charter Counties and Code Counties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A county may enact local laws to provide for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the establishment of a county board of appeals, whose members shall be appointed by the county legislative body;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the number, qualifications, terms, and compensation of the members of the county board of appeals;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the adoption by the county board of appeals of rules of practice that govern its proceedings; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a decision by the county board of appeals on petition of any interested person, after notice and opportunity for hearing, on the basis of a record before the board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The county board of appeals may have original jurisdiction or jurisdiction to review the action of an administrative officer or unit of county government over matters arising under any law, ordinance, or regulation of the county council that concerns:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an application for a zoning variation or exception or amendment of a zoning map;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the issuance, renewal, denial, revocation, suspension, annulment, or modification of any license, permit, approval, exemption, waiver, certificate, registration, or other form of permission or of any adjudicatory order;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the assessment of any special benefit tax; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the adjudication of a violation of an ordinance delegated in accordance with § 4–406(b) of the Courts Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>When issuing a decision, the county board of appeals shall file an opinion that shall include a statement of the facts found and the grounds for the decision.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any person aggrieved by the decision and a party to the proceeding before the county board of appeals may seek review by the circuit court for the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The circuit court may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>affirm the decision; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the decision is not in accordance with law:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>modify the decision with or without remanding the case for rehearing; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>reverse the decision with or without remanding the case for rehearing.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any party to the proceeding in the circuit court aggrieved by the decision of the circuit court may appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland in the same manner provided for civil cases.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
