§ 19-302. Judicial review.

(a) Final administrative decision.

All decisions and findings of the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals that are made on appeals, on application for conditional uses or variances, and in all other matters on which the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals is required to act after public notice and hearing, are final administrative decisions, subject to judicial review.

(b) Who may seek.

Judicial review of a final administrative decision of the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals may be sought by:

(1) any person aggrieved by the decision; or

(2) any officer or department, board, bureau, or other unit of the City aggrieved by the decision.

(c) How and when taken.

(1) This review must be sought within the time and in the manner required by law and the Maryland Rules of Procedure.

(2) Before the petition for judicial review is filed with the court, the petitioner must file a copy with the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals and the Zoning Administrator.

(3) The Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals must promptly notify the City Solicitor of the filing of every petition for judicial review.

(d) Stay of proceedings.

(1) The filing of a petition for judicial review does not stay the proceedings for which the review is sought.

(2) On motion and hearing, the court may grant a stay on good cause shown, subject to the conditions of bond or otherwise that the court considers proper.