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Board approves small commercial kennel on 82-acre farm, rules shared driveway is not an access drive
Summary
Carroll County BZA granted conditional use for a commercial kennel accommodating up to 10 dogs at 4645 Arthur Shipley Road and explicitly found the shared 10-foot deeded driveway is not an access drive under the code for this application; neighbors raised safety concerns about the narrow, long driveway.
The Carroll County Board of Zoning Appeals on Jan. 7 approved a conditional use allowing a commercial kennel for 10 or fewer dogs at 4645 Arthur Shipley Road in Sykesville and determined the shared driveway serving the site is not an "access drive" under the county code for purposes of this request.
Attorney Kelly Schafer Miller, representing applicants Brian and Christy Davis, opened by describing the site as an approximately 82.7-acre former horse-breeding farm and said the kennel would operate from the residence with no separate parking area and limited client contact: "Clients… do not exit their vehicle, and just loop back out and…
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