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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="22-403" title_number="22" title_name="Zoning" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Judicial Review">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding § 10–305 of the Local Government Article, judicial review of a decision by the board of appeals on an application for a zoning variance or special exception may be requested by any person or municipal corporation that appeared at the hearing in person, by attorney, or in writing.</text>
    </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 decision by the board.</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 board for further consideration; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>dismiss the petition.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any party to the proceeding in the circuit court may appeal from the judgment of the court to the Court of Special Appeals.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The review proceedings provided by this section are exclusive.</text>
  </level>
</section>
