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 2 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: 02-24-4111
Project Name: Park School
Project Address or Location: 2425 Old Court Road, Pikesville
Application Date: May 1, 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 33-3-103 to impact approximately 5,300 square feet of Forest Buffer Easement in order to replace a 700-foot long zip line.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-24-4099
Project Name: Pikesville Armory
Project Address or Location: 610 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville
Application Date: April 12, 2024
Revision Date: May 3, 2024
Decision Date: May 20, 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 to base forest conservation calculations on the 0.1-acre limit of disturbance for making improvements to the armory rather than the entire 14.3-acre site.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-24-4101
Project Name: Woodlawn Cemetery
Project Address or Location: 2130 Woodlawn Drive, Gwynn Oak
Application Date: April 12, 2024
Decision Date: May 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 to permit construction of two mausoleums prior to obtaining full compliance with the Forest Buffer Law for the 193.6-acre cemetery that has Lower Gwynns Falls and several of its tributaries flowing through it. The mausoleums are proposed outside of any Forest Buffer or forest, and the entire cemetery property would be brought into compliance within two years of any permit approval.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-24-4102
Project Name: Woodlawn Cemetery
Project Address or Location: 2130 Woodlawn Drive, Gwynn Oak
Application Date: April 12, 2024
Decision Date: May 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 33-6-116 to permit construction of two mausoleums prior to obtaining full compliance with the Forest Conservation Law for the 193.6-acre cemetery. The mausoleums are proposed outside of any forest, specimen tree’s critical root zone, or Forest Buffer and the entire cemetery property would be brought into compliance within two years of any permit approval.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-24-4090
Project Name: Broadway Estates
Project Address or Location: 1721 Broadway Road, Lutherville
Application Date: April 8, 2024
Revision Date: May 3, 2024
Decision Date: May 20, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code was requested to remove 50 of 81 specimen trees in order to develop a 10-lot residential subdivision on 20.7 acres. This variance application replaces variance application #02-24-4036 that has been rescinded by the applicant. Moreover, due to changes in existing conditions and storm water management design, this latest variance would replace the variance granted on February 6, 2018 (tracking #02-17-2633). Of the 50 specimens to be removed, 20 are in poor condition or dead. The additional specimen tree in poor condition is being removed to comply with sight distance requirements along Broadway Road set forth by Baltimore County Department of Permits Approvals and Inspections after this variance was initially posted.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-24-4080
Project Name: Gwynn Oak Park Property
Project Address or Location: 5900 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Gwynn Oak
Application Date: March 18, 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 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to impact 0.71 acres of unforested Forest Buffer Area to construct new amenities at the park.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-24-4079
Project Name: Gwynn Oak Park Property
Project Address or Location: 5900 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Gwynn Oak
Application Date: March 18, 2024
Decision Date: April 25, 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 one specimen tree to construct new amenities at the park.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-24-4071
Project Name: Saint Paul’s School for Girls, Academic Building Addition
Project Address or Location: 1152 Falls Road, Brooklandville
Application Date: March 1, 2024
Decision Date: April 11, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code was received to allow the afforestation requirement to be based on the 0.4-acre limit of disturbance for constructing a building addition rather than the entire 36.8-acre school campus.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-24-4096
Project Name: Hollins Wood Property
Project Address or Location: 1310 Hollins Lane
Application Date: March 1, 2024
Decision Date: April 11, 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 2,125 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-24-4055
Project Name: Hunts Memorial Methodist Church
Project Address or Location: 1912 Old Court Road, Towson
Application Date: February 6, 2024
Decision Date: March 4, 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 allow both removal of two specimen trees in poor condition and future use of an historically mowed 0.6-acre Forest Conservation Easement that was to be afforested in the mid-1990s, but never was. That 0.6 acre of afforestation shall be mitigated by placing 1.2 acres of high priority forest in a Forest Buffer and Forest Conservation Easement at 10 Woodward Lane in Lutherville in accordance with a previous variance granted on March 27, 2023 (tracking number: 02-23-3821) that allowed continued use of this unforested Forest Conservation Easement on the church property.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-24-4036
Project Name: Broadway Estates
Project Address or Location: 1721 Broadway Road, Timonium
Application Date: January 10, 2024
Decision Date: April 8, 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 to remove 48 specimen trees in order to develop 10 single-family dwelling lots on a 20.7-acre site was withdrawn by the applicant due to errors in the specimen tree details and replaced by variance number 02-24-4090. Due to changes in existing conditions and storm water management design, this variance replaces the February 6, 2018 variance (tracking number 02-17-2633) to remove 40 specimen trees. Of the 48 specimen trees requested to be removed, 18 are in poor condition and 8 are dead.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-4025
Project Name: Tien Property
Project Address or Location: 7921 Ruxway, Towson
Application Date: December 21, 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 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to construct a 384-square foot shed within the Forest Buffer on a 0.23-acre lot and to forego recording the Forest Buffer as an easement.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-4020
Project Name: Ruxton Tower Apartments
Project Address or Location: 8415 Bellona Avenue, Baltimore
Application Date: December 13, 2023
Decision Date: January 22, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance request in accordance with Section 33-6-116 to base the net tract area on the proposed 1.2-acre limit of disturbance rather than the entire 4.9-acre property for the purpose of making improvements to the parking lot, swimming pool, storm water management facilities and other amenities.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-4023
Project Name: Woodvalley Drive Property
Project Address or Location: 2950 Woodvalley Drive
Application Date: November 28, 2023
Decision Date: December 20, 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 1,800 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-4022
Project Name: Greenspring Residence
Project Address or Location: 2014 Greenspring Valley Road, Stevenson
Application Date: December 11, 2023
Decision Date: January 29, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was received in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to remove one specimen tree to facilitate construction of a single-family home, tennis court, pool house and associated infrastructure to include well, septic system and stormwater management devices.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-24-4034
Project Name: Ellenham Road Property
Project Address or Location: 7838 Ellenham Road
Application Date: November 28, 2023
Decision Date: January 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 0.06 acres of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-4010
Project Name: Cervo Court Property Lot 35 Castanea
Project Address or Location: 6 Cervo Court, Lutherville
Application Date: November 20, 2023
Decision Date: January 17, 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was received in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to remove five hazardous specimen trees from lot 35 of the Castanea development.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-24-4052
Project Name: The Jewels Inclusive School
Project Address or Location: 31 Walker Avenue, Pikesville
Application Date: November 7, 2023
Decision Date: February 7, 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 2,845 square feet of equivalent impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-4001
Project Name: Worthington Road Property
Project Address or Location: 12202 Worthington Road
Application Date: October 20, 2023
Decision Date: November 2, 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 2,018 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3972
Project Name: Beth Tfiloh Athletic Field Improvements
Project Address or Location: 3300 Old Court Road, Pikesville
Application Date: September 15, 2023
Decision Date: September 25, 2023
Status: Approval
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 1,198 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3978
Project Name: Dalfin Property
Project Address or Location: 3209 Timberfield Lane, Pikesville
Application Date: September 20, 2023
Decision Date: October 2, 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 11,550 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: 02-24-4088
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric Woodholme Avenue Property
Project Address or Location: 1700 Woodholme Avenue
Application Date: September 8, 2023
Decision Date: April 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 disturb approximately 31,313 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: 02-23-3964
Project Name: Congregation Ohel Moshe
Project Address or Location: 2808 and 2810 Smith Avenue
Application Date: August 16, 2023
Decision Date: August 24, 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 546 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3960
Project Name: Dalfin Property
Project Address or Location: 2906 Lightfoot Drive, Pikesville
Application Date: August 8, 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 33-3-103 of the Baltimore County Code to impact approximately 5,000 square feet of Forest Buffer in order to construct a 3,320-square foot house and deck partially in the buffer as well as maintain a residential back yard.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3950
Project Name: L’Hirondelle Club of Ruxton
Project Address or Location: 7611 L’Hirondelle Club Road, Towson
Application Date: August 8, 2023
Decision Date: September 18, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-3-103 of the Baltimore County Code to permanently impact approximately 6,500 square feet of Forest Buffer in order to convert existing tennis courts to pickleball courts and a maintain shed and landscaping areas in this buffer. Of the 6,500 square feet of impact, all but 1,100 square feet are temporary.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3970
Project Name: Reisterstown Road Property
Project Address or Location: 808 Reisterstown Road
Application Date: August 3, 2023
Decision Date: September 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 0.11 acres of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3949
Project Name: Smith Property
Project Address or Location: 3401 Nancy Ellen Way, Owings Mills
Application Date: July 26, 2023
Decision Date: November 15, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was received in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to construct a 768-square foot pole barn within the Forest Buffer on a 1.65-acre lot and to forego recording the Forest Buffer as an easement.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3948
Project Name: Charles Property
Project Address or Location: 8517 Lucerne Road, Randallstown
Application Date: July 26, 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 received in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to construct a 1,650-square foot in-ground pool and spa within the Forest Buffer on a 7,841-square foot lot and to forego recording the Forest Buffer as an easement.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3943
Project Name: Hollins Woods
Project Address or Location: 1310 Hollins Lane, Baltimore
Application Date: July 24, 2023
Decision Date: August 10, 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 a nonnative specimen Norway spruce for the purpose of developing a two-lot minor residential subdivision.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3937
Project Name: Macore Real Estate LLC Property
Project Address or Location: 3504 Arborwood Court, Pikesville
Application Date: July 18, 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 33-3-103 of the Baltimore County Code to construct a 564-square foot deck and continue to use approximately 3,600 square feet of Forest Buffer Easement as residential yard.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3955
Project Name: Oliver Property
Project Address or Location: 10602 Falls Road, Lutherville
Application Date: July 14, 2023
Decision Date: September 18, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that modification to the second condition of variance 02-23-3885 granted on June 9, 2023 was requested in accordance with Section 33-3-103 to authorize an additional 0.4 acre of the Forest Buffer Easement to continue to be used as residential yard beyond the 1.2 acres approved by the June 9, 2023 variance.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3929
Project Name: Openden, Yona Property
Project Address or Location: 1 Vaucluse Road, Pikesville
Application Date: July 10, 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 in accordance with Section 33-6-116 was requested to remove three specimen trees in order to develop a 1.4-acre site as a three-lot subdivision.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3916
Project Name: Elkridge Club
Project Address or Location: 6100 North Charles Street, Baltimore
Application Date: June 27, 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 request in accordance with Section 33-6-116 to base the net tract area on the proposed 0.5-acre limit of disturbance rather than the entire 71.8-acre club property for the purpose of rehabilitating an irrigation pond.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3944
Project Name: L’Hirondelle Club of Ruxton
Project Address or Location: 7611 L’Hirondelle Club Road, Ruxton
Application Date: June 6, 2023
Decision Date: August 14, 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 base the forest conservation worksheet calculations on the proposed 0.4 limit of disturbance rather than the entire 8.4-acre property for the purpose of constructing pickle ball courts and shed.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3908
Project Name: Nelson Road Property
Project Address or Location: 104 Nelson Road, Pikesville
Application Date: June 2, 2023
Decision Date: June 16, 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 2,941 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3903
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric Gundry Lane Gas Main Replacement
Project Address or Location: Along Crondall Lane, Beginning at the Intersection of Owings Mills Boulevard and Crondall Lane.
Application Date: May 23, 2023
Decision Date: June 9, 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 3,977 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: 02-23-3936
Project Name: The Park School of Baltimore
Project Address or Location: 2425 Old Court Road
Application Date: May 18, 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 47,436 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: 02-23-3975
Project Name: L’Hirondelle Club Pickleball Improvements
Project Address or Location: 7611 L’Hirondelle Club Road
Application Date: May 8, 2023
Decision Date: September 25, 2023
Status: Approval
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 5,440 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3891
Project Name: Congregation Ohel Moshe
Project Address or Location: 2808 and 2810 Smith Avenue
Application Date: April 25, 2023
Decision Date: May 26, 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 8,453 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3872
Project Name: Mason Property
Project Address or Location: 12809 Sagamore Forest Lane, Reisterstown
Application Date: April 21, 2023
Decision Date: July 21, 2023
Status: Denied
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 impact 0.1 acre of existing Forest Conservation Easement in order to construct a pool.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3888
Project Name: Derech Chaim Property
Project Address or Location: 6603 Pimlico Road
Application Date: April 17, 2023
Decision Date: May 17, 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 2,265 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3868
Project Name: Tucker Residence
Project Address or Location: 12220 Worthington Road
Application Date: April 11, 2023
Decision Date: April 12, 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 1,928 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3862
Project Name: Beth Tfiloh School
Project Address or Location: 3300 Old Court Road, Pikesville
Application Date: March 28, 2023
Decision Date: June 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 impact 1,854 square feet of existing Forest Conservation Easement in order to improve and enlarge an existing athletic field.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3861
Project Name: Beth Tfiloh School
Project Address or Location: 3300 Old Court Road, Pikesville
Application Date: March 28, 2023
Decision Date: June 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 33-3-103 of the Baltimore County Code to impact 1,854 square feet of existing Forest Buffer Easement in order to improve and enlarge an existing athletic field.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3878
Project Name: Baltimore County Villa Nova Park Trail Repair
Project Address or Location: 989 Milford Mill Road, Pikeville
Application Date: March 24, 2023
Revision Date: May 17, 2023
Decision Date: May 17, 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 .14 acres of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3855
Project Name: Oliver Property
Project Address or Location: 10602 Falls Road, Lutherville
Application Date: March 13, 2023
Decision Date: June 9, 2023
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance was granted in accordance with Section 33-3-103 to authorize permanent impact to approximately 710 square feet of Forest Buffer and 1,380 square feet of the 35-foot setback to the Forest Buffer Easement in order to replace a single-family dwelling and construct an in-ground pool. Additionally, the variance allows approximately 1.2 acres of the 7.1-acre Forest Buffer to continue to be maintained as lawn. Approximately 1,040 square feet of existing house would be removed from the Forest Buffer and 1,060 square feet from its 35-foot setback as mitigation for the proposed impacts.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-23-3990
Project Name: The Elkridge Club
Project Address or Location: 6100 North Charles Street
Application Date: March 9, 2023
Decision Date: October 24, 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 20,603 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: 02-23-3874
Project Name: Ellenham Avenue Water Main Replacement
Project Address or Location: Ellenham Avenue
Application Date: March 1, 2023
Decision Date: April 27, 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 14,088 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: 02-23-3839
Project Name: Unnamed Tributary to Gwynns Falls at Pittsfield Road
Project Address or Location: Pittsfield Road, Owings Mills
Application Date: February 16, 2023
Decision Date: February 24, 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 309,521 square feet 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: 02-23-3821
Project Name: Hunts Memorial Methodist Church
Project Address or Location: 1912 Old Court Road, Towson
Application Date: January 23, 2023
Revision Date: March 9, 2023
Decision Date: March 27, 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 allow maintenance of an historically mowed 0.6-acre Forest Conservation Easement that was to be afforested in the mid-1990s but never was. That 0.6 acre of afforestation would be mitigated by placing 0.6 acres of priority forest in a Forest Conservation Easement at 10 Woodward Lane in Lutherville.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-22-4077
Project Name: Stormwater Outfall Stabilization at Delaware Run
Project Address or Location: 407 Central Avenue, Reisterstown
Application Date: June 22, 2022
Decision Date: March 22, 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 25,085 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: 02-24-4127
Project Name: McDonough Overlook
Project Address or Location: Saint Thomas Lane
Application Date: March 8, 2022
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 construct approximately 8,070 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-21-3445
Project Name: Brittany Apartments Stream Restoration
Project Address or Location: 4300 Old Court Road, Pikesville
Application Date: April 19, 2021
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 to significantly impact the critical root zone of one specimen tree in order to restore an eroding stream channel and protect the long standing apartment complex.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-19-3089
Project Name: Saint Paul’s School Gravel Parking lot
Project Address or Location: 401 Mount Wilson Lane
Application Date: October 10, 2019
Decision Date: April 4, 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 33-6-106 of the Baltimore County Forest Conservation Law to base the afforestation requirement on the proposed 1.2-acre limit of disturbance rather than the entire 95-acre campus for a previously constructed gravel parking lot.
EPS Tracking Number: 02-19-2912
Project Name: Eccleston Property, Stream and Wetland Mitigation Bank
Project Address or Location: 2500 block Greenspring Valley Road, Owings Mills
Application Date: January 23, 2019
Decision Date:
Status: Pending
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-6-116 of the Forest Conservation Law was received to remove one specimen tree and possibly impact others in order to restore approximately 9,100 linear feet of stream and 24.6 acres of wetland as a mitigation bank from which to sell mitigation credits.