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HEADNOTE: Meadows of Greenspring Homeowners Association, Inc., et al. v. Foxleigh Enterprises, Inc., No. 1203, September Term 1999.

ZONING - RIPENESS - APPEALABLE DECISION - Opponents of a developer's plan to build an eight-story, 160,000 square foot building for offices, retail space, and a parking structure, could not appeal from a letter by the Director of the Department of Permits and Development Management that requested the developer to submit new plans for a review under the former County Review Group process, as opposed to the current Development Review Committee process. Although the letter stated it was "an administrative order and decision," the letter was not an "operative event" or final action that was ripe for appeal to the Baltimore County Board of Appeals.

REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND

No. 1203 September Term, 1999 _________________________________ __

MEADOWS OF GREENSPRING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., et al.

v.

FOXLEIGH ENTERPRISES, INC.

_________________________________ __

Hollander, Sonner, Krauser JJ.

_________________________________ __ Opinion by Sonner, J. _________________________________ __

Filed: August 31, 2000

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This case arises out a zoning dispute in which the Board of Appeals of Baltimore County ("Board of Appeals") dismissed the appeal as unripe and which the Circuit Court for Baltimore

County affirmed. issue:

On appeal, we are presented with a single

Does the Baltimore County Board of Appeals have jurisdiction to hear an appeal of an administrative order and decision made by the Director of the Department of Permits and Development Management exempting the developer from review under current development regulations and permitting the developer to proceed with its proposal under the former County Review Group process?

For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the judgment of the lower court. Foxleigh Enterprises, Inc. ("Foxleigh"), appellee, is the owner and developer of property located at Greenspring Station in Baltimore County. On April 15, 1998, Foxleigh filed a

request with the Baltimore County Development Review Committee ("DRC"), pursuant to the Baltimore County Code (B.C.C.)

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