The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability (EPS) publishes lists of requests for environmental administrative variances and their status for all County Council Districts. These are the requests for County Council District 3 and are listed below in chronological order.
Submit Written Comments
Anyone interested in submitting written comments may do so by email to deprmvariances@baltimorecountymd.gov or by correspondence to:
Horacio Tablada, Director
Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability
County Office Building, Main Office, Room 305
111 West Chesapeake Avenue
Towson, Maryland 21204
Please include the EPS Tracking Number in all correspondence.
Requests
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4100
Project Name: Cockeysville Senior Center
Project Address or Location: 10535 York Road, Cockeysville
Application Date: April 12, 2024
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 to impact two specimen trees in order to construct an elevated parking structure serving a County run senior center and adjacent athletic fields.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4098
Project Name: The Heights at Hunt Valley Sewer Repair
Project Address or Location: 180 Sparks Valley Road
Application Date: April 10, 2024
Decision Date: April 15, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 20,038 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4092
Project Name: Heights at Hunt Valley Sewer Repair
Project Address or Location: 180 Sparks Valley Road
Application Date: April 3, 2024
Decision Date: April 11, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 19,986 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no net increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4076
Project Name: Cowen Stream Restoration
Project Address or Location: Cowen Run at Glen Arm Road
Application Date: March 5, 2024
Decision Date: March 11, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 321,083 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no net increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4069
Project Name: Amato Property
Project Address or Location: 104 Felton Road, Timonium
Application Date: February 27, 2024
Decision Date: March 7, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was received in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to construct a 360-square foot inground pool within the Forest Buffer on a 9,380-square-foot lot and to forego recording the Forest Buffer as an easement.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4097
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric Notchcliff Propane Storage Facility
Project Address or Location: 10650 Harford Road, Glen Arm
Application Date: February 26, 2024
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-6-116 was requested to impact one specimen tree in order to install an underground nitrogen line at the Baltimore Gas and Electric Notchcliff Propane Gas Facility.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4095
Project Name: Kanes Road Property
Project Address or Location: 12808 Kanes Road
Application Date: February 20, 2024
Decision Date: April 11, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 7,870 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4059
Project Name: Parkton Sanitary Landfill Solar Panel Array
Project Address or Location: Parkton Sanitary Landfill Solar Panel Array
Application Date: February 12, 2024
Decision Date: February 14, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to waive the fee-in-lieu requirement established by a previous variance approval, for construction of approximately 58,248 square feet of impervious area. The waiver request has been approved by the County Administrative Officer. This waiver supersedes the previous waiver approved March 9, 2023.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4060
Project Name: Nepali American Cultural Center
Project Address or Location: 12231 Harford Road
Application Date: February 5, 2024
Decision Date: February 14, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 5,624 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4043
Project Name: Ridgely Middle School
Project Address or Location: 121 East Ridgely Road, Timonium
Application Date: January 22, 2024
Decision Date: February 16, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-6-116 was requested to base afforestation requirements on the 0.9-acre limit of disturbance rather than the entire 12.6-acre Board of Education property to make improvements to construct tennis and basketball courts on the school campus.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4044
Project Name: Baltimore Country Club at Five Farms
Project Address or Location: 11500 Mays Chapel Road, Timonium
Application Date: January 22, 2024
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-6-116 was requested to remove 22 specimen trees and base forest conservation requirements on the 6.4-acre limit of disturbance rather than the entire 405-acre club property in order to create a golf practice area. This variance request replaces the August 9, 2023 variance application, tracking number 03-23-3957, which was withdrawn by the applicant.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4050
Project Name: Wyndam Court Proposed Pool
Project Address or Location: 5 Wyndam Court
Application Date: January 9, 2024
Decision Date: February 5, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 2,012 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4038
Project Name: Stringtown Road Property
Project Address or Location: 2234 Stringtown Road, Sparks
Application Date: January 7, 2024
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was received in accordance with Section 33-3-103 of the Baltimore County Code to create a forest buffer planting bank of 11.25 acres along 2,400 linear feet of Black Rock Run.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4081
Project Name: Chick-fil-A Hunt Valley
Project Address or Location: 6 Hyland Avenue
Application Date: January 5, 2024
Decision Date: March 22, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 4,792 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-4018
Project Name: Hampton Park
Project Address or Location: 213 Hampton Park Circle
Application Date: November 21, 2023
Decision Date: December 15, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 7,034 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-4005
Project Name: Columbia Gas Line
Project Address or Location: Thornton Mill Road
Application Date: November 15, 2023
Decision Date: November 21, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 8,849 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no net increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-4007
Project Name: Simon Property
Project Address or Location: 716 Hickory Lot Road, Towson
Application Date: November 13, 2023
Decision Date: December 14, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was received in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to construct a 560-square foot deck over an existing concrete pad within the Forest Buffer on a 1.25-acre lot and to forego recording the Forest Buffer as an easement.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-4019
Project Name: Broadmead Building Entrance Expansion
Project Address or Location: 13801 York Road
Application Date: November 3, 2023
Decision Date: December 19, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 573 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-4026
Project Name: Cromwell Valley Park
Project Address or Location: 12175 Cromwell Bridge Road, Parkville
Application Date: November 2, 2023
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was received in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to impact 13,647 square feet of Forest Buffer to make improvements to existing roads, parking areas and stormwater management at Cromwell Valley Park.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-4027
Project Name: Cromwell Valley Park
Project Address or Location: 2175 Cromwell Bridge Road, Parkville
Application Date: November 23, 2023
Revision Date: March 13, 2024
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-6-116 was requested to remove three specimen trees and to base forest conservation on the 5.6-acre limit of disturbance rather than the entire 246.3-acre site in order to make improvements to existing roads, parking areas and stormwater management at Cromwell Valley Park.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4054
Project Name: Long Quarter North Sewershed Structural Rehabilitation
Project Address or Location: Timonium, Maryland
Application Date: October 17, 2023
Decision Date: February 9, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 351,475 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no net increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3981
Project Name: Lynch Property
Project Address or Location: 14936 Tanyard Road, Sparks
Application Date: September 26, 2023
Decision Date: October 4, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 2,825 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3996
Project Name: Colonial Pipeline Line 3 D2001-2002
Project Address or Location: 15324 and 15326 Falls Road
Application Date: October 2, 2023
Decision Date: October 30, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 28,782 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no net increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3969
Project Name: Degraw Property
Project Address or Location: 1618 Stablersville Road, White Hall
Application Date: September 18, 2023
Decision Date: October 5, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was received in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to remove two of 12 specimen trees to develop a 10.4-acre lot.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3986
Project Name: Ridgely Property Forest Buffer Bank
Project Address or Location: 16306 Trenton Road, Upperco
Application Date: September 27, 2023
Revision Date: October 10, 2023
Decision Date: December 14, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-3-103 to create a forest buffer planting bank of 6.1 acres by planting a fallow field.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3958
Project Name: Long Quarter Sewer Interceptor Rehabilitation
Project Address or Location: Dulaney Valley Road and East Seminary Avenue
Application Date: August 9, 2023
Decision Date: October 31, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was granted in accordance with Section 33-6-116 to remove five specimen trees and critically impact 11 others in order to upgrade an existing sewer interceptor. Four of these trees were authorized for removal by the May 3, 2022 forest conservation variance, but design changes to accommodate a concurrent water main project necessitated the removal of an additional specimen tree.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3957
Project Name: Baltimore Country Club at Five Farms
Project Address or Location: 11500 Mays Chapel Road, Timonium
Application Date: August 9, 2023
Decision Date: January 22, 2024
Status: Withdrawn
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-6-116 was requested to remove 21 specimen trees and critically impact another in order to grade a golf practice area on an existing golf course.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3959
Project Name: Drake Property
Project Address or Location: 1307 Doves Cove Road, Towson
Application Date: August 3, 2023
Decision Date: October 5, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was received in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to construct both a 700-square foot garage and roof over an existing patio within the Forest Buffer on a 1.67-acre lot and to forego recording the Forest Buffer as an easement.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3947
Project Name: Ganter Property
Project Address or Location: 107 Ridgefield Road, Timonium
Application Date: June 26, 2023
Decision Date: August 24, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was received in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to construct a 576-square foot detached garage within the Forest Buffer on a 10,561-square foot lot and to forego recording the Forest Buffer as an easement.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3945
Project Name: Warrener Property
Project Address or Location: 817 Quaker Bottom Road, Sparks
Application Date: July 24, 2023
Decision Date: October 31, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code was received to impact 12,168 square feet of proposed Forest Buffer Easement for a new house, well, septic system, driveway and lawn area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3962
Project Name: Green Glade Road Property, Lot 13
Project Address or Location: Green Glade Road
Application Date: July 19, 2023
Decision Date: August 22, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 5,192 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3917
Project Name: Murray Property Also Known as Shelley’s Fields Lot 18
Project Address or Location: 2522 Cotter Road
Application Date: June 28, 2023
Decision Date: July 10, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code was received to encroach approximately 20 feet into the 35-foot setback to the Forest Buffer Easement in order to construct an addition to an existing dwelling.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3915
Project Name: Phoenix Road Property
Project Address or Location: 14232 Phoenix Road, Phoenix
Application Date: June 26, 2023
Decision Date: July 25, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code was received to allow the continued use of an existing second story addition measuring approximately 400 square feet built adjacent to a tributary of the Gunpowder River.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3914
Project Name: Sherwood Episcopal Church
Project Address or Location: 5 Sherwood Road
Application Date: June 23, 2023
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code. If granted, the variance would authorize temporary impact to approximately 0.3 acre of an existing 0.6-acre Forest Conservation Easement for the purpose of restoring an ephemeral channel to reduce sediment loadings to its Use III-p drainage.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3913
Project Name: Lands of King
Project Address or Location: 6831 Park Forest Lane
Application Date: June 12, 2023
Decision Date: June 28, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 10,015 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3910
Project Name: Kibler Property
Project Address or Location: 14331 Thornton Mill Road, Sparks
Application Date: June 12, 2023
Decision Date: July 25, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code was received to allow the continued use of approximately 429 square feet of an existing shed built in the Forest Buffer Easement, as well as approval of a proposed detached garage within a previously variance area of the Forest Buffer Easement.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3925
Project Name: JKBA LLC Property Lot Four
Project Address or Location: 16914 Hereford Road
Application Date: June 6, 2023
Decision Date: June 30, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 3,572 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3938
Project Name: Invernizzi Property
Project Address or Location: 16552 A Yeoho Road
Application Date: May 31, 2023
Decision Date: July 19, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 4,931 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3898
Project Name: Hillendale Country Club
Project Address or Location: 13700 Blenheim Road, Phoenix
Application Date: May 24, 2023
Decision Date: July 6, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-3-116 of the Baltimore County Code was received to base forest conservation requirements on a proposed 3-acre residential lot at Hillendale Country Club rather than the entire 147-acre Club property which includes a clubhouse with a golf course, pool complex, tennis courts and parking.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3897
Project Name: Baltimore Country Club at Five Farms
Project Address or Location: 11500 Mays Chapel Road, Timonium
Application Date: May 24, 2023
Decision Date: July 7, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-6-116 was requested to remove five specimen trees in order to upgrade an existing irrigation pond to current requirements.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-24-4084
Project Name: Goelet Stream Riparian Corridor Restoration
Project Address or Location: 4000 Millender Mill Road, Reisterstown
Application Date: May 8, 2023
Decision Date: April 1, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 524,760 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is, in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3997
Project Name: Colonial Pipeline Line 3 D2003
Project Address or Location: 15321 Falls Road
Application Date: April 26, 2023
Decision Date: October 30, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 22,883 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no net increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3998
Project Name: Colonial Pipeline Line 3 D2004-2005
Project Address or Location: 1003 Cold Bottom Road
Application Date: April 26, 2023
Decision Date: October 30, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 43,147 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no net increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3894
Project Name: East Quaker Bottom Road Property
Project Address or Location: 817 East Quaker Bottom Road
Application Date: April 25, 2023
Decision Date: May 25, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 8,500 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no net increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3890
Project Name: Loch Raven Drive Culvert Replacement
Project Address or Location: North of Cromwell Valley Park
Application Date: April 18, 2023
Decision Date: May 25, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 11,069 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no net increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3869
Project Name: Hampton Manor Apartments
Project Address or Location: Scott Adam and Saint David Roads
Application Date: April 12, 2023
Decision Date: July 21, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code was received to allow continued use of approximately 87,716 square feet of proposed Forest Buffer Easement required by the redevelopment of an apartment complex. A similar variance was granted in 2007, but the redevelopment project has been redesigned necessitating a new variance request.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3870
Project Name: Hampton Manor Apartments
Project Address or Location: Scott Adam and Saint David Roads
Application Date: April 12, 2023
Decision Date: July 21, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to remove seven specimen trees for the purpose of redeveloping an apartment complex.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3864
Project Name: Torchlight at Hunt Valley Business Community
Project Address or Location: 245 Shawan Road, Hunt Valley
Application Date: April 3, 2023
Decision Date: May 9, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-3-116 of the Baltimore County Code was received to base forest conservation requirements on the proposed 8.1-acre limit of disturbance rather than the entire 18-acre hotel property to be redeveloped with two apartment buildings and associated parking.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3906
Project Name: Armacost Farms Inc.
Project Address or Location: 17634 Bruehl Road, Upperco
Application Date: March 28, 2023
Decision Date: July 7, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code was received to allow the continued use of approximately 85,000 square feet of proposed Forest Buffer Easement and to impact 1,275 square feet of the 35-foot principal building setback for a proposed lot-line adjustment.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3865
Project Name: Brett Manor Court Property
Project Address or Location: 5 Brett Manor Court, Cockeysville
Application Date: March 21, 2023
Decision Date: May 10, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to allow continued existing use of a tennis court partially built within the Forest Buffer Easement on the property resulting in 1,600 square feet of buffer impact.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3859
Project Name: Barton and Clarke Property
Project Address or Location: 1727 Wilson Road, White Hall
Application Date: March 21, 2023
Decision Date: July 25, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to renovate an 800-square foot historic cottage situated on the stream bank of Little Falls and continue to use that cottage, its driveway, septic system and well resulting in 20,700 square feet of buffer impact.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3863
Project Name: Hereford High School Running Track Resurfacing
Project Address or Location: 17301 York Road
Application Date: March 1, 2023
Decision Date: March 29, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 17,878 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3939
Project Name: Colonial Pipeline Line Three Recoat
Project Address or Location: Terminus of La Vale Road, Westerly
Application Date: March 7, 2023
Decision Date: July 19, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 33,242 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no net increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3841
Project Name: High’s Dairy Store
Project Address or Location: 10825 Beaver Dam Road
Application Date: February 23, 2023
Decision Date: February 28, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 1,258 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3880
Project Name: Fox Chapel Water Main Replacement
Project Address or Location: Along Chapel Wood Lane, East of Pot Spring Road, West of Dulaney Valley Road and South of East Timonium Road
Application Date: February 16, 2023
Decision Date: May 3, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 91,240 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no net increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3844
Project Name: White Property at Cowpens Avenue
Project Address or Location: 1013 Cowpens Avenue, Towson
Application Date: February 13, 2023
Decision Date: April 21, 2023
Status: Denied
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was denied in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to reconfigure the easement onsite to make the property more functional for their use.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3833
Project Name: Hereford High School
Project Address or Location: 17301 York Road, Parkton
Application Date: February 8, 2023
Decision Date: March 3, 2023
Status: Withdrawn
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to base forest conservation calculations on the 0.2-acre limit of disturbance for improvements to the tennis courts at Hereford High School rather than the entire 104-acre school property.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3893
Project Name: Reisterstown Parcel 140
Project Address or Location: 3466 Butler Road, Reisterstown
Application Date: January 30, 2023
Decision Date: May 25, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 2,440 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3854
Project Name: Hereford High School Tennis Court Improvements
Project Address or Location: 17301 York Road
Application Date: January 27, 2023
Decision Date: March 14, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 2,400 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3831
Project Name: Prigel Property
Project Address or Location: 4853 Long Green Road, Glen Arm
Application Date: January 27, 2023
Decision Date: May 3, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code was requested to impact 5,651 square feet of Forest Buffer on an existing lot of record to allow construction of an addition and porch and the continued maintenance of a lawn associated with an existing house.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3820
Project Name: Fedder and Redifer Property
Project Address or Location: 2125 Pot Spring Road, Lutherville
Application Date: January 23, 2023
Decision Date: March 15, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to construct a 1,570-square foot addition in the forest buffer no closer to the stream than the long standing house, maintain the existing 33,210-square foot yard in the buffer and to forego recordation of this buffer as a Forest Buffer Easement.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3877
Project Name: Long Quarter Interceptor
Project Address or Location: Along the Dulaney Road, South of the intersection of Dulaney Valley Road
Application Date: January 19, 2023
Decision Date: May 1, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 700,581 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3818
Project Name: Saint Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Texas Parish
Project Address or Location: 101 Church Lane, Cockeysville
Application Date: January 17, 2023
Decision Date: March 27, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to base forest conservation calculations on the 0.1-acre limit of disturbance for minor church improvements rather than the entire 9.3-acre property.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-23-3826
Project Name: Genco Property
Project Address or Location: 18907 A Middletown Road
Application Date: January 5, 2023
Decision Date: February 1, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to construct approximately 2,756 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-22-3794
Project Name: Cockeysville Senior Center Parking Structure
Project Address or Location: 10535 York Road, Cockeysville
Application Date: November 16, 2022
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to remove two specimen trees to construct a parking structure on a developed 5.3-acre property.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-22-3798
Project Name: Parkton Sanitary Landfill Solar Panel Array
Project Address or Location: 800 Stablers Church Road
Application Date: October 22, 2022
Revision Date: March 1, 2023
Decision Date: March 16, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to waive the fee-in-lieu requirement for construction of approximately 54,245 square feet of impervious area. The waiver request has been approved by the County Administrative Officer.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-22-3669
Project Name: Ruhl Property
Project Address or Location: 1157 Blue Mount, Monkton
Application Date: April 7, 2022
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code was received to allow the existing house within a proposed subdivision to be within the 35-foot principal structure setback of the forest buffer on the property.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-22-3605
Project Name: Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens
Project Address or Location: 200 East Padonia Road, Timonium
Application Date: December 30, 2021
Decision Date: April 18, 2023
Status: Withdrawn
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code of the Baltimore County Code was requested to base forest conservation requirements on a 3.4-acre limit of disturbance to construct a funeral home rather than the entire 68.6-acre property. The variance would also authorize removal of one specimen tree for this construction.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-22-3604
Project Name: Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens
Project Address or Location: 200 East Padonia Road, Timonium
Application Date: December 30, 2021
Decision Date: April 18, 2023
Status: Withdrawn
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-3-103 of the Baltimore County Code of the Baltimore County Code was received. If granted, the variance would authorize impact to approximately 6,500 square feet of open Forest Buffer area to construct a funeral home.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-21-3595
Project Name: Quinlas Property
Project Address or Location: 5 Wyndam Court, Timonium
Application Date: December 22, 2021
Revision Date: February 22, 2022
Decision Date: February 23, 2022
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code, Forest Conservation Law, to remove 12 of 28 specimen trees to develop a 5.3-acre property created prior to this law with one single-family detached dwelling.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-20-3232
Project Name: Ivy Hill Properties LLC
Project Address or Location: 1318 Ivy Hill Road, Cockeysville
Application Date: May 4, 2020
Decision Date: March 14, 2022
Status: Withdrawn
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code was requested to remove 12 of 21 specimen trees in order to develop a single-residential lot.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-20-3229
Project Name: Barger Property
Project Address or Location: 1316 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson
Application Date: May 4, 2020
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code was requested to remove three specimen trees for the grading and construction of a single-family dwelling and associated infrastructure.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-20-3176
Project Name: Pearlstone Center Stream Restoration
Project Address or Location: 5425 Mount Gilead Road, Reisterstown
Application Date: February 26, 2020
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Forest Conservation Law to remove one specimen tree in order to voluntarily restore approximately 1,553 linear feet of the Hollingsworth Tributary draining to Liberty Reservoir.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-20-3138
Project Name: Pearlstone Conference and Retreat Center Stream Restoration
Project Address or Location: 5425 Mount Gilead Road, Reisterstown
Application Date: January 10, 2020
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-3-103 of the Forest Buffer Law to temporarily impact an unspecified area of Forest Buffer Easement, including non-tidal wetlands, in order to voluntarily restore approximately 1,553 linear feet of the Hollingsworth Tributary. The impacted Forest Buffer Easement would be less than 4.7 acres and all of the disturbed Forest Buffer Easement would be restored and reforested.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-20-3139
Project Name: Pearlstone Conference and Retreat Center Stream Restoration
Project Address or Location: 5425 Mount Gilead Road, Reisterstown
Application Date: January 10, 2020
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Forest Conservation Law to temporarily impact approximately 0.1 acre of existing, forested Forest Conservation Easement in order to voluntarily restore approximately 1,553 linear feet of the Hollingsworth Tributary draining to Liberty Reservoir. The impacted Forest Conservation Easement area would be reforested as part of the stream restoration.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-19-3071
Project Name: Loveton Circle Seven and 39
Project Address or Location: 7 Loveton Circle, Sparks
Application Date: September 26, 2019
Revision Date: October 3, 2019
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Forest Conservation Law to base Forest Conservation requirements for a new parking lot on its 0.5-acre limit of disturbance rather than the entire 22.6-acre site.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-19-2899
Project Name: Fourth Mine Branch Stream Restoration
Project Address or Location: York Road, Parkton
Application Date: January 3, 2019
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-4-113 of the Baltimore County Code was received to disturb approximately 326,843 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no net increase in impervious area.
EPS Tracking Number: 03-19-2957
Project Name: Lewis Property
Project Address or Location: 1260 Monkton Road, Monkton
Application Date: August 2, 2018
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code of the Forest Conservation Law was received to request continued existing use of and rebuilding of a wood shed within the Forest Conservation Easement.