Design Review Panel Areas

Bill 12-93 (PDF) was enacted on January 19, 1993 to create the Baltimore County Design Review Areas. The development plans in these Design Review Areas are reviewed by the Design Review Panel, an advisory and consulting body to the County agencies involved in reviewing development plans.

Design review is conducted for all projects located within designated Design Review Areas. These areas are as follows:

Commercial (Non-residential) Review Areas

• Arbutus
    Map (PDF)
    Bill 12-93 (PDF)
• Catonsville
    Map (PDF)
    Bill 12-93 (PDF)
    The Catonsville Plan (PDF)
• Downtown Towson
    Map (PDF)
    Resolution 7-15 (PDF)
    Downtown Towson District (2016) (PDF)
    Towson Community Plan (PDF)
    Amenity Open Space: Towson Streetscape Standards (PDF)
• Essex
    Map (PDF)
    Bill 12-93 (PDF)
    Essex Design Guidelines (PDF)
• Historic East Towson
    Map (PDF)
    Bill 100-20 (PDF)
    Resolution 111-20 (PDF)
    East Towson Design Standards (PDF)
• Loch Raven 
    Map (PDF)
    Bill 13-13 (PDF)
• Perry Hall
    Map (PDF)
    Perry Hall Community Plan (PDF)
    Bill 50-12 (PDF) 
    Amendments - Resolution 61-12 (PDF)
• Pikesville
    Map (PDF)
    Bill 17-03 (PDF)
    Pikesville Revitalization Plan Update - 2003 (PDF)
    Pikesville Commercial Revitalization Guidelines (2006) (PDF)  
• South Towson (SOTO)
    Map (PDF)
    Bill 76-20 (PDF) 

Residential Review Areas

• Downtown Towson
    Map (PDF)
    Resolution 7-15 (PDF)
    Downtown Towson District (2016) (PDF)
    Towson Community Plan (PDF)
    Amenity Open Space: Towson Streetscape Standards (PDF)
• Historic East Towson
    Map (PDF)
    Bill 100-20 (PDF)
    Resolution 111-20 (PDF)
    East Towson Design Standards (PDF)
• Middle River
    Map (PDF)
• Ruxton/Riderwood/Lake Roland
    Map (PDF)
    Resolution 88-04 (PDF)
    Ruxton Riderwood Lake Roland Area Community Plan (PDF)  
• Sudbrook Park
    Map (PDF)
    Sudbrook Park Community Plan (PDF)
• Towson Estates
    Map (PDF)
    Resolution 66-15 (PDF)
    Towson Estates Design Guidelines (PDF)

Contact Us

Jenifer Nugent, Design Review Panel Coordinator
410-887-3480
jnugent@baltimorecountymd.gov