December 1, 2024 – Council District 5

December 1, 2024
  1. EPS Variances
  2. Planning Board Meetings
  3. Agricultural Land Preservation Advisory Board Meeting
  4. Recreation and Parks Board Meeting
  5. Candy Cane Skate
  6. Gerst Road Park Site Virtual Public Input Meeting
  7. Update on the Restoration Effort in Parkville
  8. Sewer Project Perry Hall Manor
  9. Bird River and Bengies Sewershed Repair, Replacement and Rehabilitation
  10. Red House Run Structural Sewer Rehabilitation
  11. East Branch Herring Run Relief Sewer
  12. Development Meetings and Zoning Hearings

EPS Variances

The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability (EPS) publishes a list of the environmental administrative variance requests along with their status. The requests are listed by County Council District.

Information: EPS Variances for District 5

Planning Board Meetings

The board will meet as follows:

  • No meetings scheduled in December.

Please check the Planning Board page for the meeting agenda, meeting procedures and any last-minute schedule changes.

Information: Contact Taylor Bensley by phone at 410-887-3482 or by email at tbensley@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Agricultural Land Preservation Advisory Board Meeting

The advisory board will meet in-person on Wednesday, December 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture, 1114 Shawan Road, Cockeysville, Maryland 21030. Please check the Agricultural Land Preservation Advisory Board page for the meeting agenda, meeting procedures and any last-minute schedule changes.

Information: Contact Land Preservation staff by phone at 410-887-3480 or by email at landpres@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Recreation and Parks Board Meeting

The Board of Recreation and Parks will meet on Wednesday, December 11, at 6 p.m. at the Oregon Ridge Nature Center, 13555 Beaver Dam Road, Cockeysville, Maryland 21030. Please check the Board of Recreation and Parks page for the meeting agenda and any last-minute schedule changes.

Information: Contact Lisa Winters by phone at 410-887-3810 or by email at lwinters@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Candy Cane Skate

Join the Department of Recreation and Parks for a Candy Cane Skate on Saturday, December 14, at Reisterstown Regional Park and Sportsplex, 401 Mitchell Drive, Reisterstown, Maryland 21136. The Candy Cane Scavenger Hunt will take place from noon to 2 p.m., and ice skating from 2 to 5 p.m. Enjoy holiday music and activities, including photos with Santa and a winter market. Admission is free.

GERST ROAD PARK SITE VIRTUAL PUBLIC INPUT MEETING

The Department of Recreation and Parks will host a public meeting on Monday, December 23, at 6:30 p.m., via Webex, to gather public input on future park development and discuss ongoing site maintenance.

Community residents are encouraged to participate to offer their input. The meeting will consist of a brief presentation followed by time for questions and comments from the public.

The meeting will be held virtually via Webex.

Update on the restoration effort in Parkville

The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability (DEPS) has commissioned BayLand Consultants and Designers to design a stream restoration along a tributary to the Lower Gunpowder River. The restoration will restore approximately 3,465 linear feet of eroded and degraded stream banks and beef up protection for the sanitary sewers. This project extends from behind 2500 Lampost Lane, continues under Proctor Lane and ends at approximately 200 feet upstream of Waltham Woods Road. This restoration will include native instream materials such as various-sized stone, logs, and root-wads, as well as out-of-stream floodplain and riparian native plantings. The design will take between two and three years, and instream construction is planned for one season. DEPS will communicate with the community as the project design advances.

Information: Email Eric Duce, DEPS Project Manager, at educe@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Sewer Project Perry Hall Manor

The Department of Public Works and Transportation is connecting 104 homes in the Perry Hall Manor area in a long-term project to provide sewer service. In September 2022, residents saw topographical and environmental surveyors gathering information for the design phase. The surveyor work has been completed for the moment, though more field work is anticipated. Construction is expected to begin this year and will take from one to one and a half years to complete.

Information: Email engineering@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Bird River and Bengies Sewershed Repair, Replacement and Rehabilitation

There is more than five miles of small- and large-diameter sewer relining in this project costing $3.6 million. The work is 99 percent complete.

Information: Email engineering@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Red House Run Structural Sewer Rehabilitation

Baltimore County has started a major sewer rehabilitation project consisting of almost 15 miles of sewer line in the Overlea and Rosedale areas. Work on the $4.7 million project began in June 2022. It's approximately 98 percent toward completion. The Red House Run Structural Sewer Rehabilitation project is part of the County's Consent Decree—the County’s agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to improve the entire sanitary system and eliminate sanitary sewer overflows.

Information: Email engineering@baltimorecountymd.gov.

East Branch Herring Run Relief Sewer

Baltimore County has started a major relief sewer project consisting of installing 11,232 linear feet of eight-to-36-inch sanitary sewer main at a cost of $16.1 million dollars. The project limits start at the Baltimore City line at Perring Parkway to Taylor Avenue and east beyond the Harford Park community. The project is 96 percent complete.

Information: Email engineering@baltimorecountymd.gov.

Development Meetings and Zoning Hearings

Development Meetings include Community Input, Concept Plan, County Review, Development Review Committee and Hearing Officers Hearings.

Zoning Hearings include Special Exceptions, Variances and other issues before the Office of Administrative Hearings of Baltimore County.

These meetings are virtual through Webex.

Please check the Development, Zoning Hearings and Meetings Calendar for links to the meetings, information on participating in the virtual meeting, the meeting agendas and any last-minute schedule changes.

For further information, please call the Department of Permits, Approvals and Inspections at 410-887-3391 or email paizoning@baltimorecountymd.gov. You may also contact the Office of Administrative Hearings at 410-887-3868.

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