Baltimore synagogue must pay ‘rain tax,’ appeals court rules

May 1, 2018 Leave a comment

Requiring a Baltimore synagogue to pay a stormwater management fee imposed on city property owners does not violate the facility’s right to free exercise of religion, Maryland’s second-highest court has ruled in upholding a circuit court decision.

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Judge strikes down Montgomery County’s ‘rain tax’

July 22, 2015 Leave a comment

(Flickr / Jim Champion / “Raindrops” / CC BY-SA 2.0 / cropped and resized)

A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge Wednesday struck down the county’s stormwater fee, saying it is unmoored by the county’s cost of providing runoff protection, as required by state law.

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Eye Opener: Background check delays put guns in criminals’ hands

August 2, 2013 Leave a comment

A few government and politics headlines for Friday.

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Eye Opener: Hagerstown avoids stormwater fee

July 10, 2013 Leave a comment

A few government and politics headlines for Wednesday.

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Carroll County to pick up stormwater fee

June 28, 2013 Leave a comment

Carroll County will use county funding to contribute to a state-mandated stormwater remediation effort instead of implementing a fee for individual residents and businesses. The county board of commissioners decided Thursday to transfer money set aside for stormwater projects to ...

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State may kick in share of stormwater fee

June 25, 2013 Leave a comment

A stormwater drain flows from Parkside Drive in the Arcadia neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore into a feeder creek that flows into Herring Run. The more impermeable surfaces, the more water flows through drains such as these.

The state could “pay its share” of the stormwater fee imposed on property owners in 10 Maryland jurisdictions and will provide grants to cities and towns in need of money to upgrade stormwater systems.

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