District 1 Environmental Variances

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 1 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: 01-24-4216
Project Name: MRP Industrial—Relay 9
Project Address or Location: 4905, 4925, 4955 and 5001 Washington Boulevard, Halethorpe 
Application Date: November 7, 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 of the Baltimore County Code to remove three specimen trees to expand and reconfigure two parking lots and road frontage improvements at an existing industrial site.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4197
Project Name: Catonsville Fire Station
Project Address or Location: 736 Edmondson Avenue, Catonsville 
Application Date: October 3, 2024
Decision Date: November 6, 2024
Status: Withdrawn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 remove nine specimen trees to construct a new County fire station and related facilities.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4224
Project Name: JPMC Catonsville-One Mile West Shopping Center
Project Address or Location: 6600 Baltimore National Pike, Baltimore 
Application Date: September  25, 2024
Decision Date: November 26, 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 3,690 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund. 

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4187
Project Name: Bryson Wooten Property
Project Address or Location: 3705 Tulip Avenue, Baltimore 
Application Date: September 18, 2024
Decision Date: October 18, 2024
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, the Forest Buffer Law, to impact 1,275 square feet of a Forest Buffer Easement for a pool on an existing residential property.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4206
Project Name: Dogwood Road Property
Project Address or Location: 7613 Dogwood Road 
Application Date: August 20, 2024
Decision Date: October 21, 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 168,000 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: 01-24-4175
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric Catonsville Phase 15
Project Address or Location: Sherring Court
Application Date: August 16, 2024
Decision Date: August 20, 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 5,590 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: 01-24-4174
Project Name: Inwood Bus Facility
Project Address or Location: 7400 Johnnycake Road
Application Date: July 31, 2024
Decision Date: October 18, 2024
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, the Forest Buffer Law, to allow the continued use of the bus parking and maintenance area in the forest buffer and to allow a portion of the new bus repair facility and associated stormwater management in the forest buffer over existing impervious surface. 

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4159
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric Granite Replacement Project
Project Address or Location: Windsor Mill
Application Date: July 1, 2024
Decision Date: August 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 disturb approximately 1,192,488 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: 01-24-4153
Project Name: Southern Crossroads Residential
Project Address or Location: 4100 Maple Avenue
Application Date: July 3, 2024
Decision Date:  July 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 construct approximately 99,752 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund. 

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4144
Project Name: Halethorpe Townhouses 
Project Address or Location: 2637 Tulip Avenue, Halethorpe 
Application Date: June 21, 2024
Decision Date: July 9, 2024
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 four specimen trees for a proposed multi-family residential development.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4122
Project Name: Horwitz Property
Project Address or Location: 454 Oella Avenue, Ellicott City 
Application Date: May 17, 2024
Decision Date: June 5, 2024
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, the Forest Buffer Law, to construct a 300-square foot sunroom and deck within the Forest Buffer approximately 40 feet from a Use I stream and forego recordation of that Forest Buffer as an easement.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4155
Project Name: Channel Stabilization at Benway Court
Project Address or Location: Northwest of the intersection of Bryans Mill Way and Old Frederick
Application Date: April 24, 2024
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 59,709 square fee 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: 01-24-4137
Project Name: Banneker Community Center
Project Address or Location: 27 Main Avenue, Catonsville
Application Date: March 17, 2024
Decision Date: June 18, 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 8,295 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund. 

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4078
Project Name: Lansdowne Apartments
Project Address or Location: 2200 Block Lansdowne Boulevard, Halethorpe
Application Date: March 15, 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 of the Baltimore County Code to base forest conservation requirements on the proposed 0.4-acre limit of disturbance rather than the entire 7.8-acre apartment complex property to upgrade utilities as well as construct a shed and privacy fencing thereon.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4134
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric Howard to Pumphrey Fiber Grid Demonstration Project
Project Address or Location: Manoff Road and Baltimore Avenue
Application Date: March 15, 2024
Decision Date: June 18, 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 61,440 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: 01-24-4133
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric  Arbutus Phase Four
Project Address or Location: 1230 Seven Oaks Road, Arbutus
Application Date: March 5, 2024
Decision Date: June 17, 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 23,004 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: 01-24-4064
Project Name: Patapsco Glen Two
Project Address or Location: 7726 Johnnycake Road
Application Date: February 14, 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 61,420 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4061
Project Name: Baltimore County’s Inwood School Bus Yard
Project Address or Location: 7400 Johnnycake Road, Windsor Mill 
Application Date: February 13, 2024
Revision Date: May 20, 2024
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 of five specimen trees to construct a bus repair facility.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4066
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric Maiden Choice Lane Property
Project Address or Location: Maiden Choice Lane Between South Belle Grove Road and Stafford Drive
Application Date: February 7, 2024
Decision Date: February 21, 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 8,672 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: 01-24-4083
Project Name: First Mountain Land LLC 
Project Address or Location: 4200 Oak Road
Application Date: February 7, 2024
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 construct approximately 1,100 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4068
Project Name: Dogwood Road Property
Project Address or Location: Dogwood Road, Windsor Mill
Application Date: February 26, 2024
Revision Date: September 17, 2024
Decision Date: November 7, 2024
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, the Forest Buffer Law, to allow the mitigation requirement to be based on the approximate 58,220 square feet of disturbance which occurred in the buffer to remain. The planting requirement has increased to 582 trees.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-24-4033
Project Name: Saint Joseph’s Nursing Home
Project Address or Location: 6727 Johnnycake Road, Windsor Mill
Application Date: January 2, 2024
Decision Date: February 5, 2024
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 afforestation requirements on the 0.4-acre limit of disturbance for a proposed addition and parking lot rather than the entire 11.4-acre property.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-23-3982
Project Name: Sheikh Property
Project Address or Location: 6727 Johnnycake Road, Windsor Mill
Application Date: October 3, 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 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to impact approximately 660 square feet of forest buffer area to construct a deck with stairs.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-22-3609
Project Name: 7613 Dogwood Road
Project Address or Location: 7613 Dogwood Road
Application Date: December 23, 2021
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 614,071 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.