Within thirty days after any decision by the County Board of Appeals is rendered, any person aggrieved by the decision of the Board and a party to the proceedings before it may appeal such decision to the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County, which shall have power to affirm the decision of the Board, or if such decision is not in accordance with law, to modify or reverse such decision, with or without remanding the case for rehearing, as justice may require. Within thirty days after the decision of the Circuit Court is rendered any party to the proceeding who is aggrieved thereby may appeal such decision to the Appellate Court of Maryland. The review proceedings provided by this section shall be exclusive.
(Bill No. 80-72; Res. No. 18-06)
Editor's note – The 2006 amendment removed provisions that were inconsistent with the Maryland Rules relating to appeals to the Circuit Court from decisions of the Board of Appeals, including provisions regarding notifications to the parties, the time for filing papers, and the content of those papers. The amendment also corrected an obsolete provision relating to the appellate court that has jurisdiction over appeals from decisions of the Circuit Court. It changed the reference from the Court of Appeals to the Court of Special Appeals to be consistent with the Maryland Constitution and State law.
A legislatively referred constitutional amendment appeared on the ballot as Maryland Question 1 at the General Election held on November 8, 2022. Question 1 asked the voters in Maryland to change the Maryland Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of Maryland and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to the Appellate Court of Maryland. The majority of votes cast in the November 8 General Election were in favor of the constitutional amendment. The Court of Appeals of Maryland is now the Supreme Court of Maryland, and the Court of Special Appeals is now the Appellate Court of Maryland.