One of the largest zoning issues in the Fifth District affects 445 acres of Perry Hall west of Belair Road, between Pinedale Drive and Northwind Road. On Tuesday, Baltimore County Councilman David Marks announced his support to rezone 254 acres of land in this area as Neighborhood Commons, or open space, blocking all development. Another 125 acres would be limited […]
Councilman David Marks announced on Wednesday that he would recommend blocking future development at 26 acres of wooded property north of the Honeygo Village Center, east of Honeygo Boulevard, south of Perry Hall Farms, and west of Glenside Farms. This undeveloped parcel is right now zoned for single-family homes. Councilman Marks is proposing Neighborhood Commons zoning, which keeps the land […]
Councilman David Marks announced on Wednesday that he would recommend restricting development at the southwestern corner of Honeygo Boulevard and Silver Spring Road. This piece of property backs up to Saxon Circle. As it stand now, the six-acre wooded parcel has zoning that allows for single-family homes or townhouses. Councilman Marks will recommend Neighborhood Commons, or open space zoning, at this […]
Baltimore County Councilman David Marks will recommend that the Parkville Armory site, currently zoned for townhouses, be downzoned to lighten development, should the property be sold in the future. The 14-acre property is located at 3727 Putty Hill Avenue. Owned by the State of Maryland, the property has been the subject of speculation that it may be sold as surplus […]
Baltimore County Councilman David Marks announced on Tuesday that he would recommend downzoning more than 19 acres of undeveloped land along Joppa Road near Chapel Hill Elementary School to block future development. The property is currently undeveloped, but zoned for single-family homes if ever sold. It is located between Peach Blossom Avenue and Interstate-95, near the Moores Orchard, Moores Meadows, […]
Baltimore County Councilman David Marks on Monday said that he would recommend that the zoning along a major section of the Cromwell Bridge Road corridor be reduced to the lowest point allowed for development. The 167-acre area stretches from Goucher Boulevard across the southern side of Cromwell Bridge Road to Satyr Hill Road. It includes forested property once part of […]
Baltimore County Councilman David Marks announced on Wednesday that an agreement has been reached to place Neighborhood Commons, or open space zoning, on the 29-acre Maryland State Fish and Game Protective Association off Honeygo Boulevard. Presently, the land is zoned DR 1, or one house per acre. The Neighborhood Commons zoning restricts any and all new development at the property, […]
Baltimore County Councilman David Marks announced on Tuesday that an agreement has been reached to preserve ten acres of sensitive land along Northwind Road as Neighborhood Commons, or open space zoning. After discussions with the leadership of the Baltimore County Game & Fish Protective Association, that association will support placing the most sensitive land into the protective zoning. The ten […]