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October 1, 2019 – Council District 5

  1. EPS Variances
  2. Planning Board Meetings
  3. Design Review Panel Meeting
  4. Landmarks Preservation Commission Meeting
  5. Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee Subcommittee Meeting
  6. Comprehensive Zoning Map Process 2020 Has Begun
  7. Water Improvements on Forge Road
  8. Improvements for the Campus Hills Pumping Station
  9. Water Line Replacement in Campus Hills
  10. Stoneleigh-Anneslie Storm Water Project
  11. Water Line Rehabilitation: The Towson Fourth System
  12. The Future Fullerton Reservoirs
  13. Administrative Variances
  14. Development Meetings
  15. Zoning Hearings

EPS Variances

The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability (EPS) publishes a list of the environmental administrative variance requests along with their status. The requests are listed by County Council District.

Information: EPS Variances for District 5

Planning Board Meetings

Baltimore County Planning Board meetings are scheduled as follows:

  • Thursday, October 3, at 4:30 p.m., in Room 104, Jefferson Building, 105 West Chesapeake Avenue in Towson
  • Thursday, October 17, at 5 p.m., in Room 104, Jefferson Building, 105 West Chesapeake Avenue in Towson

Information: Contact Myles Muehlberger by phone at 410-887-3482 or by email at mmuehlberger@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Design Review Panel Meeting

The Design Review Panel meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 2, at 6 p.m. in Room 104 of the Jefferson Building, 105 West Chesapeake Avenue in Towson.

Information: Contact Jenifer Nugent at 410-887-3480 or jnugent@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Landmarks Preservation Commission Meeting

The Landmarks Preservation Commission meeting will be held on Thursday, October 10, at 6 p.m., in Room 104 of the Jefferson Building, 105 West Chesapeake Avenue in Towson.

Information: Contact Taylor Bensley at 410-887-3495 or histpres@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee Subcommittee Meeting

The Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee subcommittee meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 15, at 4 p.m. in Room 104 of the Jefferson Building, 105 West Chesapeake Avenue in Towson.

Information: Call Jessie Bialek at 410-887-3211.

Comprehensive Zoning Map Process 2020 Has Begun

The Comprehensive Zoning Map Process (CZMP) takes place every four years on an exact schedule specified in the County Code. Any citizen may request a zoning change on any property in Baltimore County, although the usual participants in the process are individual landowners, contract purchasers, community organizations, County staff, the Planning Board and the County Council.

The CZMP covers a period of approximately 12 months and results in zoning decisions that are reflected in a final log of issues. Ultimately, the County Council decides on each issue whether to retain the existing zoning or to enact a different zone(s) or district(s). Generally, each issue is a single property, but an issue might cover many adjoining properties and might even cover many hundreds of acres. The zoning on all properties that were not issues is reenacted without change.

CZMP public filing ends at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 15. Applications are available online. Information about filing fees and public hearing dates are posted, as well.

If you have any questions, please contact the Department of Planning, 105 West Chesapeake Avenue, Suite 101, Towson, Maryland 21204. Call 410-887-3480 or email czmp2020@baltimorecountymd.gov.

For more information, please visit the CZMP page.

Water Improvements on Forge Road

Baltimore County plans to replace 2.64 miles of water line on Forge Road between Belair Road and Gaylord Street. The $3 million project, replacing the old 12-inch diameter cast-iron pipes, is scheduled to begin in the fall and will be completed next summer.

Information: Email the Department of Public Works at engineering@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Improvements for the Campus Hills Pumping Station

The Department of Public Works and Transportation and Transportation and Transportation and Transportation is improving the Campus Hills Sewage Pumping Station at 1002 Southwick Court in Campus Hills. Work on the $2.54 million project began in September 2018 and is 91 percent complete. It is scheduled for completion in April.

Information: Email the Department of Public Works at engineering@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Water Line Replacement in Campus Hills

Baltimore County is replacing an existing eight-inch diameter cast-iron pipe in the Campus Hills area. Construction began in June 2018 and is about 90 percent complete. The project will cost $2.5 million.

Information: Contact the Bureau of Engineering and Construction at engineering@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Stoneleigh-Anneslie Storm Water Project

Baltimore County is addressing storm runoff concerns in the Stoneleigh-Anneslie community east of York Road. County engineers have designed a solution to update the 100-year-old drainage system that is currently serving the community. Construction is expected to begin later this year on the $1 million project.

Information: Email the Bureau of Engineering and Construction, Storm Water Division at engineering@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Water Line Rehabilitation: The Towson Fourth System

The Department of Public Works and Transportation and Transportation and Transportation and Transportation is replacing water lines in:

  1. Joppa Road between Old Harford Road and Drumwood Road
  2. Oakleigh Road between Joppa Road and White Oak Road
  3. Satyr Hill Road from Lowell Ridge Road to Harford Road

The project began in February 2018. It was scheduled to be completed by the spring and will cost $6.7 million. It is 98 percent complete.

Information: Contact the Bureau of Engineering and Construction at engineering@baltimorecountymd.gov.

The Future Fullerton Reservoirs

The County’s contractor received a “notice to proceed” in January 2017 and the Department of Public Works and Transportation and Transportation and Transportation and Transportation broke ground in February 2017 on the Fullerton Reservoirs. Three are planned for the site. Construction is expected to take about three years and cost $80.1 million. The construction site is bounded by Ridge Road, Bucks School House Road and Perry Hall Boulevard. Engineers estimate the project is 89 percent complete.

Information: Call the Bureau of Engineering and Construction, Water Design at 410-887-3783 or email engineering@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Administrative Variances

Administrative Variances Pending include requests for Administrative Variances pending before the Department of Permits, Approvals, and Inspections. These hearings are up-to-date as of the publication of this newsletter and are subject to change.

Information: Call the Office of Administrative Law Judges at 410-887-3868 or Zoning Review at 410-887-3391.

Administrative Variances—625 Debaugh Avenue
Date and Time: Monday, October 7, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Case Number: 2019-0460-A
Property Location: East side of Debaugh Avenue, at the distance of North Bend Road
Legal Owners: Daniel Kurt Baker
Administrative Variance:

  • To permit an addition with a side yard setback of one foot, sum of both sides of 11 feet of the required 10 feet and 20 feet, respectively;
  • To permit a rear yard setback of four feet in lieu of the required 30 feet;
  • To amend the previously approved site plan of case 1990-0545-A.

Closing Date: Monday, October 7, 4:30 p.m., 111 West Chesapeake Avenue, Room 111, Towson, Maryland 21204
Information: Contact the Zoning Office at 410-887-3391.

Administrative Variances—2003 Cromwell Bridge Road
Date and Time: Monday, October 14, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Case Number: 2019-0473-A
Property Location: East side of Cromwell Bridge Court, north of Rushley Road
Legal Owners: Paul and Jolanta Stephenson
Administrative Variance to permit a rear yard deck with a rear setback of 16 feet in lieu of the required 22.5 feet.
Closing Date: Monday, October 14, 4:30 p.m., 111 West Chesapeake Avenue, Room 111, Towson, Maryland 21204
Information: Contact the Zoning Office at 410-887-3391.

Development Meetings

Development Meetings include Community Input, Concept Plan, County Review, Development Review Committee and Hearing Officers Hearings. These hearings are up-to-date as of the publication of this newsletter and subject to change.

Information: Call 410-887-3321.

There are no Development Meetings scheduled at the time of publication of this newsletter. Please visit the Development Management Calendar for changes in District 5.

Zoning Hearings

Zoning Hearings include Special Exceptions, Variances and other issues before the Office of Administrative Hearings of Baltimore County. These hearings are up-to-date as of the publication of this newsletter and are subject to change.

Information: Call 410-887-3391.

Zoning Hearings—11775 Belair Road
Date and Time: Thursday, October 3, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Case Number: 2019-0376-SPHA
Property Location: Southeast of Belair Road, northeast of Goettner Road
Legal Owners: Kingsville Plaza Limited Partnership
Special Hearing:

  • To approve the illumination of the freestanding sign as shown on the attached plan per 259.3.C.7.C of the Baltimore County Zoning Regulations (BCZR);
  • To approve a modified parking plan as shown on the attached plan per 409.12.B of the BCZR.

Variance:

  • To accept the existing landscape plantings in lieu of the landscape plantings cited in the approved amended County Review Group Plan dated August 5, 1991 and the requirements per 259.3.C.3.A of the BCZR;
  • To allow three percent of the parking lot to be pervious surface in lieu of the required seven percent, and to allow one tree per 13 parking spaces in lieu of the required one tree per eight parking spaces per 259.3.C.3.B of the BCZR;
  • To allow four wall-mounted signs and a surface area not to exceed 100 square feet on total in lieu of the required one wall-mounted sign with a surface area not to exceed eight square feet per 259.3.C.7.A of the BCZR;
  • To permit a parking area of 51 spaces in lieu of the required 78 spaces per 409.6.A.2 of the BCZR to accommodate a 3,000-square-foot standard and carryout restaurant and 6,000 square feet of retail area;
  • To permit such other and further relief as mail be deemed necessary for existing and proposed use, building, and site in a Commercial Rural District.

Hearing Location: Jefferson Building, 105 West Chesapeake Avenue, Room 205, Towson, Maryland 21204
Information: Contact the Zoning Office at 410-887-3391.

Zoning Hearings—12443 Jerusalem Road
Date and Time: Thursday, October 10, 10 to 11 a.m.
Case Number: 2019-0366-SPH
Property Location: Southeast side of Jerusalem Road, northeast of Glenbauer Road
Legal Owners: Deidre Hammaker
Special Hearing for a conversion of an accessory structure to living space or an in-law apartment.
Hearing Location: Jefferson Building, 105 West Chesapeake Avenue, Room 205, Towson, Maryland 21204
Information: Contact the Zoning Office at 410-887-3391.

Zoning Hearings—800 Kenilworth Drive
Date and Time: Thursday, October 10, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Case Number: 2019-0391-A
Property Location: North side of Kenilworth Drive, 740 feet to the centerline of West Road
Legal Owners: Kenilworth Limited Partnership
Contract Purchaser: About Faces Day Spa
Variance:

  • To permit a wall-mounted enterprise sign for a tenant in a multi-tenant building to be located on a facade without a separate exterior entrance;
  • For such other and further relief as may be the Administrative Law Judge for Baltimore County.

Hearing Location: Jefferson Building, 105 West Chesapeake Avenue, Room 205, Towson, Maryland 21204
Information: Contact the Zoning Office at 410-887-3391.

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