Mike Jacobs

Served as chair of the Anne Arundel County Board of Appeals, according to the county's list of board members.

September 21, 2026

Source: aacounty.org

Signed, as chair, the Board of Appeals majority ruling that let a builder disturb about 4,205 square feet of stream buffer and 1,999 square feet of steep slopes for a new home in Arnold. A county planner had testified the request was larger than necessary, and one member dissented.

September 2, 2026

Source: aacoprod-inter.aacounty.org

Signed, as chair, the Board of Appeals majority ruling that granted a variance for a swimming pool and patio inside the protected Chesapeake Bay shoreline buffer in Severna Park. The case had been sent back by a circuit court, and dissenting members urged the county and the state Critical Area Commission to consider an appeal.

October 17, 2025

Source: aacoprod-inter.aacounty.org

Wrote a signed dissent when the Anne Arundel County Board of Appeals denied a Glen Burnie waterfront couple's request to build a deck on stabilized steep slopes near the shoreline. He argued the county too often dictates and denies residents' reasonable use of their own property.

September 19, 2025

Source: aacoprod-inter.aacounty.org

Was reappointed by the Anne Arundel County Council to a new four-year term on the county Board of Appeals, which rules on zoning, licensing and permit appeals. He holds the board's District 3 seat as one of its three Republicans.

December 19, 2022

Source: baltimoresun.com

Served as president of the Lake Shore Athletic Association, which runs youth sports at Bodkin Park in Pasadena, and sat on the county Amusement License Commission, which regulates commercial bingo. He had also led the Pasadena Business Association in 2010 and 2011.

June 20, 2014

Source: pasadenavoice.com