Appeal filed in decision to bar former Pines Motel from reopening

Posted 2/7/23

PRINCESS ANNE — The 3-1 decision by Crisfield Board of Zoning Appeals that prevents the former Pines Motel from reopening as a motel has been appealed to Somerset County Circuit Court.

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Appeal filed in decision to bar former Pines Motel from reopening

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PRINCESS ANNE — The 3-1 decision by Crisfield Board of Zoning Appeals that prevents the former Pines Motel from reopening as a motel has been appealed to Somerset County Circuit Court.

Route 30 Auto & Truck Sales LLC which owns the property located off North Somerset Avenue filed a petition for judicial review within the 30-day time limit.

It was on Dec. 21 when board members Artie Tawes, David Tawes and Chair Margo Green-Gale voted that the motel had ceased business for at least one year and therefore must now conform to the constraints of Residential-2 zoning which does not allow for motels.

In opposition was board member Lamount Potter Sr.

The Delaware-based limited liability company is owned by Timothy Dyson and is represented in Circuit Court by attorney Robert Thornton Jr. The petition is to be served on the BZA at City Hall.

It was not immediately known if Robin Cockey, the former city solicitor who represented the BZA during its public hearing, or attorney Dirk Widdowson, who represented the city at the hearing, would answer the complaint which has not been assigned a court date.

Also pending in federal court is an earlier complaint against the city, with U.S. District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett giving Rt. 30 Auto & Truck Sales LLC until Feb. 10 to respond to the city’s motion that the case be dismissed or found in its favor.

In the federal complaint the attorney for the plaintiff is Ruth Ann Azeredo of Annapolis. Representing the city are Kimberly Limbrick and Emily D. Jolicoeur of Crosswhite, Limbrick & Sinclair LLP of Baltimore.

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