White v. Major Realty, Inc.

Per Curiam. On October 5, 1966, the Board of Appeals of Baltimore County reclassified the zoning of a tract of land of approximately 64 acres in the Fourth Election District of Baltimore County near Bond Avenue and the Western Maryland Railroad tracks (the subject property) from M-L (manufacturing-light), M-R (manufacturing-restricted) and a small portion of R-20 (residential, one-half acre lots) to 35.62 acres of R-10 (resi ⁶⁴ dential—10,000 square foot lots) and 28.40 acres of R-A (residential-apartment) . The only protestants before the Board who appealed to the Circuit Court for Baltimore County were the appellants, Ellis S. White and Pearl R. White, his wife, who own and reside at 109 Central Avenue, Glyndon, Maryland, approximately one-half mile from the subject property. Mr. White, the principal witness for the protestants, testified that he preferred that the land remain undeveloped in its then zoning as he feared increased traffic, doubted the capacity of the water distribution system, indicated that the public schools were already overcrowded and that the introduction of additional people into the area would “change the entire character of our community.” There was no evidence that the property of the protestants would be depreciated in value by the