Case Of Judicial Review Of Zoninging

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A. Standard of Review In judicial review of zoning matters . . . the correct test to be applied is whether the issue before the administrative body is fairly debatable, that is, whether its determination is based upon evidence from which reasonable persons could come to different conclusions. . . . For its conclusion to be fairly debatable, the administrative agency overseeing the variance decision must have substantial evidence on the record supporting its decision. White v. North, 356 Md. 31, 44 (1999) (quotations and citations omitted). Indeed, we will not hesitate to “correct illegal actions and those which are arbitrary and unreasonable . . . , but [we] will not substitute [our] own independent examination of or [our] own judgment