- Design Review Panel Meeting
- Landmarks Preservation Commission Meeting
- Wise Avenue Bridge Re-Opening Early Next Year
- Water and Sewer on Kelso Drive
- Water and Road Work on Grays Road
- Dundalk's Water Mains Going Rather Slowly
- Help for Seaside Road
- Lynch Point Sewer Pumping Station - Work Begins in November
- Edgepoint Pumping Station
- Traffic Calming for Selling Avenue
- Relief in Sight for Penwood Avenue Residents
- Administrative Variances
- Development Meetings
- Zoning Hearings
The Baltimore County Design Review Panel will meet on Wednesday, December 13 at 6 p.m. in the County Courts Building, Room 407, 401 Bosley Avenue in Towson (enter from the Courthouse Plaza). Please check the web site for the meeting agenda and any last minute schedule changes.
Information: Design Review Panel Meeting Schedule
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The Baltimore County Landmarks Preservation Commission will meet on Thursday, December 14 at 6 p.m. at the County Courts Building, Room 407, 401 Bosley Avenue in Towson (enter from the Courthouse Plaza). Please check the web site for the meeting agenda and any last minute schedule changes.
Information: Landmarks Preservation Commission Meeting Schedule
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In early August the Wise Avenue Draw Bridge was closed for repairs while Baltimore County's contractor began renovating the span's 60-year old electrical system and making mechanical and structural repairs. The span is projected to cost $2 million, and be finished early next year. During construction, traffic will be detoured from Merritt Blvd. to German Hill to North Point Blvds. Trucks will be detoured from Merritt Blvd. to North Point Road and then to North Point Blvd. Though the bridge will be closed during renovation, navigation will be kept open.
Information: enginrng@co.ba.md.us or 410-887-3737
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Baltimore County is installing utilities on Kelso. A new sewer line, costing about $424,000, has recently been completed. And more than two miles of new water main, costing about $4.5 million, will be constructed through Rossville, Kelso, Martin Blvd. and Transverse Avenue beginning next March. This work should be finished by the fall of 2008.
Information: enginrng@co.ba.md.us
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In May, County contractors began replacing a deteriorating 36-inch water line in Grays Road, from Wise Avenue south. This major rehabilitation job, expected to cost about $1.4 million, is now nearly complete and should be finished in December.
Information: enginrng@co.ba.md.us
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Engineers from Public Works began cleaning and relining water lines in North Dundalk near the Community College in June. The work, which will take about two years to complete, has been moving slowly during past months as crews have been detailed to other jobs. The completion date for the $3.6 million project (impacting an area from Merritt Blvd. to German Hill Road and down to Sollers Point Road) should take place during the spring of 2008 (just about on schedule).
Information: enginrng@co.ba.md.us
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Public Works is planning to provide eight residences on Seaside Road with public water and sewer next year in order to protect public health. The project, which was presented at a community meeting in September, includes grinder pumps to bring effluent up to the elevation of gravity sewers (costing $200,000) and 1600 feet of 12-inch water line (costing $400,000). With County Council approval, work is expected to begin this fall. The contract was awarded in late October and construction on the water line may begin this month.
Information: enginrng@co.ba.md.us
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Contractors expect to begin rehabilitating the Lynch Point Sewerage Pumping Station in November (not October as originally reported). The $1.1 million job will take about a year to complete.
Information: enginrng@co.ba.md.us
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The County has also begun building a new sewage pumping station on North Point Blvd to replace the antiquated Edgepoint Sewer Pumping Station. Work began in September and will probably be finished by June of 2007. When the new station is completed the old one will be demolished.
Information: enginrng@co.ba.md.us
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Traffic engineers from the County's Department of Public Works finished reviewing Selling Avenue (between Philadelphia Road and Sagramore Road) in September to see if the street qualified for traffic calming measures under the County's standards. It did and traffic engineers then completed plans to retrofit the road with traffic calming measures. They are now awaiting the community's approval. If approved, construction could begin this spring (2007).
Information: 410-887-3554
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County engineers are planning to invest $300 thousand in a storm drain for Penwood Avenue, west of North Point Road. Responding to community complaints, engineers say that the improvements (which are scheduled for 2008) should control road and yard flooding. Construction will take six months and should be finished by the fall of 2008.
Information: enginrng@co.ba.md.us
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Administrative Variances Pending include requests for Administrative Variances pending before the Department of Permits and Development Management. These requests are up to date as of the published date of this newsletter and are subject to change.
Administrative Variances - 111 Mace Avenue
Location: East side Mace Avenue, zero feet from north side Franklin. 15th Election District
Date/Time: 11/24/2006 8 a.m. - 12/18/2006 4:30 p.m.
Case Number: 07-239-A
Legal Owner(s): Joseph George and Linda Jeanne Seitz ***Closing Date: December 18, 2006 at 4:30 pm***
Description: Administrative Variance to permit a rear yard setback for a proposed addition to an existing dwelling of 7 feet in lieu of the required 30 feet and to permit an existing detached accessory structure (shed) to be located in the side yard in lieu of the required rear yard.
Information: Zoning Review 410-887-3391
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Development Meetings include Community Input, Concept Plan, County Review Group, Development Plan Conference, Development Review and Hearing Officer Hearings. These hearings are up to date as of the published date of this newsletter and are subject to change. Hearings with multiple dates may conclude before the last posted date.
Development Review Committee - Schuster Concrete
Location: 8120 Lynhurst Road DRC 121106E
Meeting location: County Office Building, 111 West Chesapeake Avenue, Room 123, Towson, MD 21204
Date/Time: 12/11/2006 1:30 p.m. - 12/11/2006 2:30 p.m.
Proposal: The request is to construct a warehouse.
Information: Don Rascoe 410-887-3353
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Zoning Hearings include Special Exceptions, Variances, and other issues before the Zoning Commissioner. These hearings are up to date as of the published date of this newsletter and subject to change.
Zoning Hearings - 9025 Cuckold Point Road
Location: Southeast corner Cuckold Point Road and 5th Street. 15th Election District
Case Number: 7-144-SPH
Legal Owner: Fifth Street, LLC Contract Purchaser: Larry Thanner
Meeting location: County Courts Building, 401 Bosley Avenue, Room 407, Towson, MD 21204
Date/Time: 12/05/2006 9 a.m. - 12/05/2006 10 a.m.
Description: Special Hearing Under Section 500.7 and Section 500.6 of the Zoning Regulations of Baltimore County, to determine whether the use of the property at 9025 Cuckold Point Road, Millers Island 21219 is in violation of the BCZR and is the use by Fifth Street, LLC, a restaurant, at 9025 Cuckold Point Road, which provides music during the day, is a "night club" as defined in the BCZR, Sections 101, 102.1 and 230.
Information: Kristen Matthews 410-887-3391
Zoning Hearings - 3001 Cedarcrest Avenue
Location: Southeast side of Cedarcrest Avenue at distance of 20 ft northeast of the centerline of McComas Road. 15th Election District
Case Number: 7-162-A
Legal Owner: Wayne Schoff
Meeting location: County Courts Building, 401 Bosley Avenue, Room 407, Towson, MD 21204
Date/Time: 12/13/2006 9 a.m. - 12/13/2006 10 a.m.
Description: Variance to allow a front yard setback of 14 feet in lieu of the required 25 feet and to allow a rear yard setback of 13.4 feet in lieu of the required 30 feet.
Information: Kristen Matthews 410-887-3391
Zoning Hearings - 3007 Cedarcrest Avenue
Location: Southeast side of Cedarcrest Avenue at distance of 139.53 feet northeast of the centerline of McComas Road. 15th Election District
Case Number: 7-163-A
Legal Owner: Wayne Schoff
Meeting location: County Courts Building, 401 Bosley Avenue, Room 407, Towson, MD 21204
Date/Time: 12/13/2006 9:30 a.m. - 12/13/2006 10 a.m.
Description: Variance to allow a front yard setback of 14 feet in lieu of the required 25 feet and to allow a rear yard setback of 12.82 feet in lieu of the required 30 feet.
Information: Kristen Matthews 410-887-3391
Zoning Hearings - 3011 Cedarcrest Avenue
Location: Southeast side of Cedarcrest Avenue at the distance of 259.06 feet northeast of the centerline of McComas Road. 15th Election District
Case Number: 7-164-A
Legal Owner: Wayne Schoff
Meeting location: County Courts Building, 401 Bosley Avenue, Room 407, Towson, MD 21204
Date/Time: 12/13/2006 10 a.m. - 12/13/2006 11 a.m.
Description: Variance to allow a front yard setback of 14 feet in lieu of the required 25 feet and to allow a rear yard setback of 12.22 feet in lieu of the required 30 feet.
Information: Kristen Matthews 410-887-3391
Zoning Hearings - 317 Sollers Point Road
Location: Northeast side of Sollers Point Road, 250 feet +/- northeast of Pine Street. 12th Election District
Case Number: 7-167-A
Legal Owner: Sang Duck Han
Meeting location: County Courts Building, 401 Bosley Avenue, Room 407, Towson, MD 21204
Date/Time: 12/14/2006 11 a.m. - 12/14/2006 12 noon
Description: Variance to permit 12 parking spaces in lieu of the required 19 spaces, and from Section 409.4.c, to permit an aisle width of 12 feet 9 inches in lieu of the required 22 feet.
Information: Kristen Matthews 410-887-3391
Zoning Hearings - 315 Upperlanding Road, Lot 35
Location: South side Upperlanding Road, 378 feet west of Riverside Road. 15th Election District
Case Number: 7-168-A
Legal Owner: David N. Orr
Meeting location: County Courts Building, 401 Bosley Avenue, Room 407, Towson, MD 21204
Date/Time: 12/18/2006 9 a.m. - 12/18/2006 10 a.m.
Description: Variance to permit a lot width of 50 feet in lieu of the minimum 55 feet.
Information: Kristen Matthews 410-887-3391
Zoning Hearings - 315 Upperlanding Road Lot 36
Location: South side Upperlanding Road, 328 feet east of Riverside Road. 15th Election District
Case Number: 7-169-A
Legal Owner: David N. Orr
Meeting location: County Courts Building, 401 Bosley Avenue, Room 407, Towson, MD 21204
Date/Time: 12/18/2006 10 a.m. - 12/18/2006 11 a.m.
Description: Variance to permit a lot width of 50 feet in lieu of the minimum 55 feet.
Information: Kristen Matthews 410-887-3391
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