District 4 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 4 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: 04-24-4222
Project Name: Liberty Road Property
Project Address or Location: 10917 Liberty Road, Baltimore
Application Date: November 15, 2024
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 33-3-103 of the Baltimore County Code was requested for the continued use of 10,018 square feet of Forest Buffer as an automotive repair facility, parking and storage as part of a larger revitalization project.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-24-4223
Project Name: Pikesville High School
Project Address or Location: 7621 Labyrinth Road, Pikesville 
Application Date: November 15, 2024
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 Baltimore County Code was requested to allow the afforestation requirement to be based on the 0.4-acre limit of disturbance rather than the entire 41-acre campus for the construction of a comfort station at the athletic field.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-24-4203
Project Name: Dogwood Road Bridge 0072
Project Address or Location: Dogwood Road and Hollifield Road, Windsor Mill 
Application Date: October 15, 2024
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 33-3-103 of the Baltimore County Code was requested to impact the Forest Buffer in order to replace the existing failing bridge over Bens Run, add a sidewalk and to provide stream restoration.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-24-4193
Project Name: Sanitary Sewer Extension
Project Address or Location: 457 through 461 Main Street, Reisterstown
Application Date: August 26, 2024
Decision Date: October 2, 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 10,065 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: 04-24-4160
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: 04-24-4116
Project Name: Lilli’s Landing
Project Address or Location: 2308 Rolling Road 
Application Date: May 7, 2024
Application Date: May 7, 2024
Decision Date: May 13, 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 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to adjust a lot line with a neighboring property in order to include the applicant’s longstanding driveway on their property while foregoing recordation a Forest Buffer Easement. No development is proposed as part of this variance request. The properties are part of a 1989 minor subdivision with an unrecorded 50-foot stream buffer.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-24-4110
Project Name: Reisterstown Shopping Center Advance Auto Parts
Project Address or Location: 11909 Reisterstown Road 
Application Date: April 24, 2024
Decision Date: May 6, 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 13,610 square feet of land area. Stormwater management requirements are to be addressed as part of the final development of the retail addition on the adjacent property.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-24-4114
Project Name: Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
Project Address or Location: 10310 Reisterstown Road and Owings Mills Boulevard
Application Date: April 23, 2024
Decision Date: May 8, 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 19,965 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: 04-24-4082
Project Name: Ryan Property
Project Address or Location: 6135 Deer Park Road, Reisterstown 
Application Date: March 14, 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 33-3-103 of the Baltimore County Code was requested to continue the existing use of fenced in pasture within a Forest Buffer Easement.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-24-4075
Project Name: Emory Road Property
Project Address or Location: 5516 Emory Road 
Application Date: March 4, 2024
Decision Date: March 6, 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 6,462 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-24-4072
Project Name: Reisterstown Shopping Center, Advanced Auto
Project Address or Location: 11907 Reisterstown Road, Reisterstown
Application Date: March 1, 2024
Decision Date: 
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code was received to allow the afforestation requirement to be based on the 0.3-acre limit of disturbance for rebuilding an auto parts store rather than the entire, approximately 17.4-acre shopping center.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-24-4045
Project Name: Gofamint House of Change
Project Address or Location: 10610 Liberty Road, Randallstown
Application Date: January 23, 2024
Decision Date: February 2, 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 was requested to remove two specimen trees in order to expand an existing house of worship and its parking lot.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-24-4053
Project Name: McDonogh School Show Ring Expansion
Project Address or Location: 8600 McDonogh Road 
Application Date: January 12, 2023
Decision Date: February 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 29,000 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: 04-23-4009
Project Name: Dyer Property
Project Address or Location: 700 block of Berrymans Lane, Reisterstown 
Application Date: November 20, 2023
Decision Date: December 20, 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 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to remove one potentially hazardous specimen tree in poor condition within a site approved for a 24-lot residential subdivision.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-4014
Project Name: McDonough School Spoil Removal
Project Address or Location: 10005 Red Run Boulevard 
Application Date: November 17, 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 remove spoil from approximately 22,775 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: 04-24-4039
Project Name: Reisberg Property 
Project Address or Location: 3904 Wards Chapel Road, Marriottsville
Application Date: October 27, 2023
Decision Date: January 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 construct approximately 2,704 square feet of equivalent impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-24-4094
Project Name: Quarry Place
Project Address or Location: Southwest of Intersection of Nicodemus Road and Quarry View Court 
Application Date: October 27, 2023
Decision Date: April 16, 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 28,306 square feet of equivalent impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund. 

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3995
Project Name: Robinson Property
Project Address or Location: 4310 Holbrook Road, Randallstown 
Application Date: October 18, 2023
Decision Date: October 30, 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 19,000 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: 04-23-3991
Project Name: Hernandez Property
Project Address or Location: 223 Highmeadow Road, Reisterstown
Application Date: October 18, 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 requested in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code to forego recordation of a Forest Buffer Easement and impact 254 square feet of lawn within 100 feet of a stream to construct an above-ground pool and maintain approximately 4,250 square feet of back yard lawn in the buffer.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3976
Project Name: Maryland Collision
Project Address or Location: 10620 Reisterstown Road
Application Date: September 21, 2023
Decision Date: September 25, 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 2,700 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3956
Project Name: Rivera Property
Project Address or Location: 10202 Liberty Road, Randallstown 
Application Date: August 9, 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 of the Baltimore County Code was requested to remove five specimen trees in order to develop a contractor’s yard.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3954
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric , Granite Gas Line Replacement Segment 1B
Project Address or Location: 9203 Dogwood Road to Rolling Road
Application Date: August 23, 2023
Revision Date: June 11, 2024
Decision Date: June, 17 2024
Status: Approved
Nature of Variance Request: The Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability hereby gives notice that a variance in accordance with 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code was received to remove or lethally impact 34 of 62 specimen trees for the purpose of replacing a failing gas pipeline adjacent to the existing pipeline.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3953
Project Name: Reisburg Property, Tract A
Project Address or Location: Wards Chapel Road, Marriottsville 
Application Date: August 1, 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 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to remove four specimen trees in order to develop Tract A of a residential minor subdivision as a lot with a single dwelling.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3952
Project Name: Diamond Ridge Park Stream Resiliency
Project Address or Location: 2309 Ridge Road 
Application Date: July 20, 2023
Decision Date: August 10, 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 2,448 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3946
Project Name: Prewitt Property
Project Address or Location: 227 Mysticwood Road, Reisterstown 
Application Date: July 15, 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 590-square foot addition within the Forest Buffer on a 8,373-square foot lot and to forego recording the Forest Buffer as an easement.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3989
Project Name: The Wells Property
Project Address or Location: 325 West Cherry Hill Court
Application Date: June 30, 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 construct approximately 8,565 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3921
Project Name: Arcland Property
Project Address or Location: 135 through 137 Westminster Pike, Reisterstown 
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 remove four nonnative specimen trees for the purpose of developing a four-acre commercially-zoned site.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3934
Project Name: Prospect Avenue Property
Project Address or Location: 4600 Prospect Avenue
Application Date: June 16, 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 13,940 square feet of land area, with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund. Although the disturbed area is in excess of 5,000 square feet, there will be no net increase in impervious area.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3911
Project Name: Matterhorn Solar
Project Address or Location: 2938 Hernwood Road, Woodstock 
Application Date: June 16, 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 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to allow continued use of approximately 3.63 acres of Forest Conservation Easement. These uses include a barn, horse pasture and access trails on an 88.8-acre agricultural property that will contain a proposed solar facility.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3907
Project Name: Schnaper Property
Project Address or Location: Schnaper Drive, Randallstown
Application Date: June 14, 2023
Decision Date: July 25, 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 33-3-103 of the Baltimore County Code to encroach up to eight feet into the 25-foot setback to a Forest Buffer Easement in order to develop a 37.4-acre site with multi-family dwelling units. 

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3963
Project Name: Emory Road Property
Project Address or Location: 5516 Emory Road 
Application Date: June 1, 2023
Decision Date: August 23, 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 4,225 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3902
Project Name: Deer Park Elementary School
Project Address or Location: 9809 Lyons Mill Road, Owings Mills
Application Date: May 31, 2023
Decision Date: July 3, 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 of the Baltimore County Code was requested to remove five specimen trees in order to construct a replacement elementary school building.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3930
Project Name: Sheppard Pratt’s Glyndon Facility Stream Restoration 
Project Address or Location: 407 Central Avenue, Glyndon 
Application Date: May 16, 2023
Decision Date: July 25, 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 clear and then reforest approximately 0.3 acre of forested Forest Conservation Easement in order to restore 224 linear feet of eroding stream channel receiving drainage from an existing storm water management pond.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3895
Project Name: Enterprise Car Rental
Project Address or Location: 328 Main Street
Application Date: May 5, 2023
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 8,578 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund. 

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3882
Project Name: Kole Property
Project Address or Location: 9804 Lyons Mill Road, Owings Mills
Application Date: May 4, 2023
Decision Date: July 3, 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 in order to develop a residential minor subdivision.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3881
Project Name: Chase Bank at Cherryvale Plaza
Project Address or Location: 11704 Reisterstown Road, Owings Mills
Application Date: May 4, 2023
Decision Date: June 1, 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 redevelop 18,650 square feet of existing impervious surface within Forest Buffer area in order to construct a bank on a pad site in the longstanding shopping center.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3967
Project Name: Rider Mill II Lots 47 A and 47 B 
Project Address or Location: Southeast of 115 Grist Stone Way, Owings Mills
Application Date: May 3, 2023
Decision Date: September 13, 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 12,938 square feet of equivalent impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3857
Project Name: Emory Road Project
Project Address or Location: 5516 Emory Road, Upperco
Application Date: March 17, 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 in accordance with Section 33-3-106 of the Baltimore County Code was requested to impact 3,580 square feet of lawn within 75 feet of a Use I-P tributary and pond on an existing lot of record to allow construction of an in-ground concrete swimming pool and patio with associated grading the continued maintenance of a lawn associated with an existing house.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3889
Project Name: JPMC Cherryvale Plaza Phase Two
Project Address or Location: 11704 Reisterstown Road
Application Date: April 19, 2023
Decision Date: May 25, 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 1,089 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3892
Project Name: SGC Hanover
Project Address or Location: North of Intersection of Not Frye Road and Hanover Pike
Application Date: April 12, 2023
Decision Date: May 25, 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 8,713 square feet of impervious area with a payment to the Stormwater Management Fund.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-23-3835
Project Name: Floor and Decor
Project Address or Location: 10246 Reisterstown Road, Owings Mills
Application Date: February 14, 2023
Decision Date: March 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 33-6-116 of the Baltimore County Code to remove three specimen trees in order to redevelop the 7.1-acre commercial site.

EPS Tracking Number: 04-24-4035
Project Name: Baltimore Gas and Electric, Owings Mills Gas Main Extension
Project Address or Location: Lyons Mills Road to Liberty Road
Application Date: January 19, 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 disturb approximately 124,644 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: 04-22-3673
Project Name: Pearlstone Center, Formerly Camp Milldale
Project Address or Location: 5425 Mount Gilead Road, Reisterstown
Application Date: April 11, 2022
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 Baltimore County Code was requested to impact the critical root zones of seven specimen trees in order to construct an emergency fire lane to meet the Baltimore County Fire Marshall’s requirements.