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Carroll County BZA approves contractor equipment yard at 1430 Buckhorn Road with hours restriction
Summary
The Carroll County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a conditional-use permit and multiple variances allowing a contractorequipment storage yard at 1430 Buckhorn Road in Sykesville, imposing hours of operation from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. with an exception for snow-removal exigencies; the decision follows prior approvals for the site and requires a site plan before implementation.
The Carroll County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a conditional-use permit and multiple variances for a contractorequipment storage yard at 1430 Buckhorn Road in Sykesville, allowing the operation to continue subject to conditions, including operating hours of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and an acknowledged exception for snow-removal exigencies.
The board opened Case 6605 after staff introduced the application and read related Carroll County code citations. Applicant counsel Kelly Schaefer Miller told the board the proposal largely repeats prior approvals for the property (BZA cases 5337 in 2007 and 6167/6167R in 2019) but requires fresh variances because the 2019 approval lapsed when the applicant did not complete the site-plan process. "That approval expired and then when that was brought to his attention, we applied and here we are back again requesting substantially the same approval," Miller said.
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