Baltimore County is expected to enact legislation next month creating two new resource preservation zoning districts. RC 7 Zone The proposed RC 7 zone is intended to protect "valuable cultural, historic, recreational, and environmental resources" through significantly lowering residential densities and reducing the scale of ...

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals recently ruled that the Baltimore County Board of Appeals does not have jurisdiction to hear an appeal of a decision made by the Director of the Department of Permits and Developmental Management exempting a developer from review under the ...

Despite the upcoming November 1, 1999 application deadline for the Baltimore County year 2000 comprehensive zoning map process, only a handful of requests for rezoning have been filed. Only six petitions for zoning reclassification have been filed by property owners. Baltimore County itself has filed ...

Dick Gradwohl wanted a bustling cattle ranch. Unfortunately his five acre spread in Washington lies in now suburban Kent County and local zoning laws restrict his herd to just two animals over 500 pounds. In a unique solution to this zoning restriction, Gradwohl started breeding ...

Months before the ball drops at Times Square signaling the arrival of the Millennium, the year 2000 comprehensive zoning map process begins in Baltimore County. The year 2000 comprehensive rezoning actually commences August 1, 1999. All landowners - whether needing a zoning change for proposed ...

Without any change in statute, Baltimore County has significantly altered the process of obtaining building permits for historic properties. The development regulations have provided, since 1978, at Code Section 26-278, that "historic structures or sites identified on any of the lists 'must be preserved.'" The ...

Baltimore County has released the draft Master Plan 2010 for public review and comment prior to adoption by the County Council. The County charter requires that a master plan be adopted at least every ten years. The purpose of the master plan is to "guide ...

The Hunt Valley/Timonium (HV/T) area has long been one of the key employment and commercial corridors in the Baltimore region. The 4,000 acre area, as designated by the Baltimore County Office of Planning in the proposed HV/T Master Plan, contains some of the most valuable ...