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Planning board hears cycle‑zoning petition for Loch Raven/Joppa parcel; staff recommends denial, petitioner cites mapping error
Summary
The Baltimore County Planning Board on June 17 held a public hearing on a cycle‑zoning petition to reclassify land at Loch Raven Boulevard and East Joppa Road from BL to BMCCC, with planning staff recommending denial and the petitioner attributing the matter to a mapping omission during last year’s CZMP process.
The Baltimore County Planning Board on June 17 held an evidentiary public hearing on a cycle‑zoning petition seeking to reclassify property at the intersection of Loch Raven Boulevard and East Joppa Road from BL to BMCCC. The petition, filed in February 2025, is the first cycle‑zoning request before the board this cycle and will return to the board for a recommendation on July 17, 2025, before transmission to the Board of Appeals.
Amy Manta, deputy director of the Department of Planning, opened with an overview of rezoning procedures in Baltimore County and the distinctions among the comprehensive zoning map process (CZMP), zoning map corrections, out‑of‑cycle rezonings and cycle zoning. “Cycle zoning allows for rezoning during the years between CZMPs,” Manta said, and she explained the limits on what the Board of Appeals may grant under the county code.
Director Lafferty presented the planning department’s analysis of the petition (Cycle…
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