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Status: Withdrawn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: 01-24-4187
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: 01-23-4029
Project Name: First Mountain LLC Property
Project Address or Location: 4200 Oak Road, Halethorpe
Application Date: December 8, 2023
Decision Date:  January 12, 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 two specimen trees to develop a three-lot minor residential subdivision.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-23-4031
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric, Halethorpe Phase Two
Project Address or Location: 1543 Sulphur Spring Road
Application Date: November 11, 2023
Decision Date: December 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 disturb approximately 18,861 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: 01-23-4032
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric, Catonsville Phase 14
Project Address or Location: Northeast of intersection of Frederick Road and Overbrook Road
Application Date: November 21, 2023
Decision Date: December 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 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: 01-23-4015
Project Name: BP Gasoline Station
Project Address or Location: 607 Frederick Road, Baltimore 
Application Date: November 1, 2023
Decision Date: December 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 3,985 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

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: 01-23-3968
Project Name: Moree Property
Project Address or Location: 210 Brookside Drive, Catonsville 
Application Date: September 14, 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 requested in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to impact approximately 392 square feet of forest buffer area to replace an existing deck with a 292 square-foot screen porch and 140 square-foot open deck on an existing.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-23-3932
Project Name: Keech Road Property
Project Address or Location: 5301 Keech Road
Application Date: June 28, 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 30,534 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: 01-23-3924
Project Name: Southern Crossroads Forge Overlook
Project Address or Location: 4100 Maple Avenue, Halethorpe 
Application Date: June 28, 2023
Decision Date: September 26, 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 to remove 32 specimen trees within phase two of the proposed Southern Crossroads development. A variance with tracking number 01-23-3563 was granted by EPS on October 21, 2021 to remove 51 specimen trees, including these 32, but the hearing officer stetted the EPS variance approval pending refinement of the development layout for phase two thus necessitating the current variance request.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-23-3923
Project Name: Charlestown Retirement Community
Project Address or Location: 717 Maiden Choice Lane, Catonsville
Application Date: June 28, 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 requested in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to impact approximately 20,290 square feet of forest buffer area to stabilize approximately 199 feet of an eroding stream channel within an existing Forest Buffer Easement. This stream stabilization would protect the supports of an existing pedestrian bridge.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-23-3920
Project Name: Security Boulevard Project
Project Address or Location: 6901 Security Boulevard
Application Date: May 4, 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 12,902 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-23-3875
Project Name: Benway Court Storm Drain Repair
Project Address or Location: County Parkland Behind 8 through 36 Benway Court, Catonsville
Application Date: April 26, 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 was requested in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to remove or critically impact five specimen trees to repair an eroding storm drain channel on County-owned land that presents a hazard and water quality impact.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-23-3905
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric Maryland Stride Catonsville Phase 13
Project Address or Location: South of Fredrick Road, West of South Symington Avenue, North of Tanglewood Road and East of Shady Nook Avenue 
Application Date: May 8, 2023
Decision Date: June 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 disturb approximately 34,298 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: 01-23-3842
Project Name: Beltway Business Interchange
Project Address or Location: 1901 Sulphur Spring Road, Halethorpe
Application Date: February 23, 2023
Decision Date: May 2, 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 impact approximately 14,004 square feet of forest buffer area to redevelop an approximately 20-acre commercial property as well as to continue use of 84,758 square feet of forest buffer on this longstanding commercial site. Of the 14,004 square feet of new impact, 12,038 is on historically disturbed forest buffer and 668 is temporary. 

EPS Tracking Number: 01-23-3843
Project Name: Beltway Business Interchange
Project Address or Location: 1901 Sulphur Spring Road, Halethorpe
Application Date: February 23, 2023
Decision Date: May 2, 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 four specimen trees to redevelop an approximately 20-acre commercial property.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-23-3838
Project Name: Benway Court Storm Drain Repair
Project Address or Location: County Parkland Behind Benway Court, Catonsville
Application Date: February 15, 2023
Decision Date: February 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 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to remove three specimen trees to repair an eroding storm drain channel on County-owned land that presents a hazard and water quality impact.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-23-3933
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pumphrey to Frederick Tower Foundation Reinforcements
Project Address or Location: Along Interstate 895, West of Annapolis Road
Application Date: February 27, 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 0.06 acres of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-23-3846
Project Name: Westchester Avenue Property
Project Address or Location: 2607 Westchester Avenue
Application Date: January 25, 2023
Decision Date: March 6, 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 823 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 01-23-3847
Project Name: Lakeside Homes at Holiday Heights
Project Address or Location: 2926 Lakebrook Circle
Application Date: January 5, 2023
Decision Date: March 6, 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 19,685 square feet of land area. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, the increase in impervious area is minimal and all runoff will drain to a lake central to the property, as in existing conditions.

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.