Past Special Projects

UPDATE: The applicants withdrew their application for a special exception. BACKGROUND:  The owners of 1696 Hillside Road applied for a special exception to allow a landscape service operation and a horticultural nursery on a farm. The property is zoned to [...]

$100,000 raised to Support the Tufton/Worthington/Greenspring Roundabout Valley residents had been concerned for years about the safety and traffic flow at the intersection of Tufton/Greenspring/Worthington avenues. During rush hours, it had grown increasingly difficult and dangerous [...]

UPDATE: Baltimore County agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court. A judge in Baltimore’s U.S. District Court judge found that the county violated a federal law that protects religious institutions from discrimination [...]

The VPC has been heavily engaged in a battle to preserve the former Chestnut Ridge Golf Club (CRGC) located at 11700 Falls Road. Since 2012, VPC has defended the downzoning (to RC 7) that Councilwoman Vicki Almond gallantly delivered on [...]

VPC and Community Resolve Regional Substation Issue After over a year of meetings and negotiations regarding the site for a new regional substation for high-voltage electricity, the community and BGE found resolution and have agreed to a site off of [...]

The owner of the former Caples property on Pleasant Grove Road has a development plan for a major subdivision. The property contains several parcels and is located within the Piney Run Rural Legacy Area. The number of actual density units [...]

In 2010, the VPC filed a petition requesting a special hearing to challenge the use of a property zoned RC2 for apartment rentals. The property, Rainbow Hall (aka Rainbow Hill), is located at 10729 Park Heights Ave., in Owings Mills. [...]