Prince George's used-car dealers win suit against county

By Tiesha Higgins in the December 3 Business Gazette.

A county zoning bill banning used-car dealerships smaller than 25,000 square feet was struck down this week by the Prince George's County Circuit Court.

The Vehicle Mobile Home and Camping Trailer Sales and Service Zoning Law, passed unanimously by the District Council in 2000, was an attempt to improve the aesthetics of older commercial corridors in the county. Under the bill known as CB-87, used-car dealerships smaller than 25,000 square feet would have had to either expand or move out of the county. [more]

Links to earlier stories from September 2003.