Lifetime Citizen Portal Access — AI Briefings, Alerts & Unlimited Follows
Board approves contractor equipment yard and variances on Hampstead‑Mexico Road
Loading...
Summary
The Board approved Jonathan Villanueva’s conditional use and multiple variances to operate a contractor equipment storage yard on roughly 12 acres off Hampstead‑Mexico Road, finding the operation less intense than a prior approved use and concluding the site constraints justify variances.
The Carroll County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a conditional‑use application and related area and distance variances that will allow a contractor equipment storage yard at 2331 Hampstead‑Mexico Road.
Applicant Jonathan Villanueva said he operates a pool and outdoor‑living business that now keeps most work and materials at job sites rather than on the yard; he previously operated a more debris‑intensive landscaping business but has ceased mulching. Villanueva said typical daily activity is two crews loading trucks in the morning and returning in the late afternoon; he estimated 6–8 employees and occasional Saturday work in peak season.
Planning staff told the board the application is consistent with the county master plan. The site is about 12 acres; the proposed yard area shown in the application is 2.19 acres (code minimum is 1.0 acre), and the applicant told the board a future site plan will likely reduce the disturbed area. Board members who visited the site described it as isolated and not visible from the road and said the proposed activity is not more intense than other similar contractor yards in the county.
Following discussion the board approved the conditional use and associated variances; the board’s oral decision will be memorialized in a written order within 30 days and may be appealed.
