Rebecca Lundberg Witt is stepping down as executive director of the Baltimore City Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals (BMZA), three years and eight months after joining the department.

Witt, an attorney, said in an email message this week that she is leaving Baltimore City government to join Cheshire Law Group, a law firm in Philadelphia that represents non-profit organizations.

The BMZA, commonly called the zoning board, is a key city agency that hears appeals from decisions made by other city agencies about zoning and land use, alley and sidewalk violation notices, street closings, false alarm fines and other matters. Many of its cases involve property owners who are seeking approval of construction projects and need a waiver or variance from city zoning regulations to obtain buildi

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