LPC orders restoration and denies multiple unpermitted alterations at landmark 'Rodney House' on York Road

The Baltimore County Landmarks Preservation Commission unanimously directed the owner of the landmark-designated Rodney House properties on York Road to return recently expanded asphalt paving to its prior footprint and denied the pending application for several ex post facto exterior alterations to the primary dwelling and accessory buildings. Commissioners also denied other incomplete submissions for the complex and instructed the owner to resubmit complete plans; the Commission allowed a temporary repair of a missing metal roof panel on the tenant house to prevent water infiltration.

Staff reported that the complex at 14941–14945 York Road (final landmark No. 367) includes a circa-1832 random-rubble stone dwelling, a two-story frame L addition, and multiple historic outbuildings (blacksmith shop, office, tenant house, spring house, stable and ice house). In March 2024, county code enforcement issued a correction notice/stop-work order after a constituent reported an expansion of an asphalt driveway without LPC review or building permits. Staff’s presentation documented…