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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
604. APPEALS FROM DECISIONS OF THE BOARD.

Within thirty days after any decision by the
County Board of Appeals is rendered, any [party who
is] PERSON aggrieved [thereby] BY THE DECISION OF THE
BOARD AND A PARTY TO THE PROCEEDING 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. Whenever such
appeal is taken, a copy of the notice of appeal shall
be served on the Board by the Clerk of said Court and
the Board shall promptly give notice of the appeal to
all parties to the proceeding before it. The Board
shall, within fifteen days after the filing of the
appeal, file with the Court the originals, or
certified copies of all papers and evidence presented
to the Board in the proceeding before it, together
with a statement of facts found and the grounds for
its decision. [The Board of Appeals shall be a party
to an appeal to the Circuit Court by Anne Arundel
County and shall be represented by the Office of
County Solicitor.] 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 Court of Appeals of the State.
The review proceedings provided by this section shall
be exclusive.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if
any provision of this ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid
for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the
other provisions or any other application, and to this
end, all the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
declared to be severable.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That at
the next general election to be held in this State on
November 7, 1972, the foregoing section hereby
proposed as an amendment to the Charter of Anne
Arundel County, shall be submitted to the legal and
qualified voters of Anne Arundel County for their
adoption or rejection pursuant to Section 1202 of the
Charter of Anne Arundel County and at the said general
election, the vote on the said proposed amendment to