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 [...]

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. [...]