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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="22-402" title_number="22" title_name="Zoning" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Judicial Review">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Judicial review of a final action of the district council on an application for an individual map amendment or a sectional map amendment may be requested by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a person aggrieved by the action; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a person or municipal corporation that appeared at the hearing in person, by attorney, or in writing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A petition for judicial review shall be filed in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County within 30 days after the district council takes the final action.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The court may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>affirm or reverse the action;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for any reason, remand the action to the district council for further consideration; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>dismiss the petition.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>When a petition for judicial review is filed, a copy of the petition shall be served on the district council in accordance with Maryland Rule 7–202(d).</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On receiving a copy of the petition, the district council shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>promptly give notice of the petition to all parties to the proceeding before it; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>within 30 days after the filing of the petition, file with the circuit court:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the originals or certified copies of all papers and evidence presented to the district council in the proceeding before it; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a copy of its opinion and resolution deciding the application.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any party to the proceeding in the circuit court aggrieved by the judgment of the court may appeal from the judgment to the Court of Special Appeals.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The review proceedings provided by this section are exclusive.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The action of the district council shall be considered final unless, within 30 days after the action, the district council, on its own motion for any reason, reconsiders the action.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The time for appeal provided in this section shall be stayed until any reconsideration is concluded.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
