An Ocean City commercial landlord isn’t ready to give up the fight over a proposed cannabis dispensary at his 21st Street retail property, even after resort zoning officials denied it and a trial judge dismissed his appeal.
Back-and-forth filings last week between Mike Ramadan and the Town of Ocean City show both sides digging into their respective legal interpretations of whether a landlord can continue a zoning appeal after the tenant – a state-licensed dispensary operator – withdrew from the case.
On Jan. 26, Ramadan’s attorney Demetrious Kaouris filed a motion asking a Worcester County Circuit Court judge to reconsider his dismissal of the zoning appeal. He also wants the court to rule that, as a landlord with a valid lease, his client still has the right to appeal.
Ocean City, meanwhile, countered in court filings last week that the judge ruled correctly.
Speaking on behalf of the BZA, attorney Bruce Bright framed the landlord’s case as an attempt to relitigate a moot issue – and that Ramadan “continues to flog a dead horse,” he wrote.
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