Opinion
Nos. 6, 40, 45, September Term, 2004.
December 3, 2004.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Carroll County pursuant to certiorari to the Court of Special Appeals; Michael M. Galloway, Judge.
Stanley D. Abrams (Kenneth R. West and James L. Parsons, Jr. of Abrams West, P.C., Bethesda; Kimberly A. Millender, County Atty., Westminster), all on brief, for appellant.
John T. Maguire (Hollman, Maguire, Timchula Titus, Chartered, on brief), Westminster, for appellees John W. Pfaff Builders, Inc., et al. and Kohler Development Corp.
Anthony P. Palaigos (Thomas A. Bowden of Kollman Saucier, P.A., Baltimore: Clark R. Shaffer, Westminster), all on brief, for appellees, Forty West Builders, Inc., et al.
Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and GREENE, JJ.
We granted certiorari on our own initiative in these three cases and consolidated them for argument to consider the validity of a Carroll County ordinance that imposed a one-year moratorium on the processing of residential development plans. By the time we were able to hear the case, however, the moratorium had expired and was not renewed. The issue we took the cases to decide is therefore moot, and there is no indication that it is likely to recur in any kind of similar factual setting, as the basis for the moratorium has, itself, been dealt with by subsequent county legislation. We shall therefore dismiss these appeals.
APPEALS DISMISSED. COSTS TO BE PAID BY CARROLL COUNTY.