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Baltimore County design review panel conditionally approves renovation at 7801 Ruxwood Road
Summary
The Baltimore County Design Review Panel on March 11 conditionally approved a renovation and additions at 7801 Ruxwood Road, requiring updated elevations and added evergreen screening after neighbors raised drainage and view concerns; the vote was unanimous and applicants must pursue a zoning hearing for setback variances.
The Baltimore County Design Review Panel unanimously voted March 11 to conditionally approve a renovation and modest additions to a home at 7801 Ruxwood Road, after neighborhood speakers pressed for drainage safeguards, more screening and clarified materials.
The applicants, homeowners Joseph Lawrence Mcowski (who also uses the name Larry Makowski) and architect David Gleason, presented plans that add two roughly 400-square-foot, two-story volumes connected to the existing house by a 5-foot connector, relocate the garage about 5 feet closer to Ruxwood Road, and reskin foundation areas with brick while using hardy plank siding and arctic-white trim elsewhere. Gleason said the highest new ridge would be about 26 feet above grade and the design was intended to step down with the site's topography to reduce massing.
Why it matters: the property predates current setbacks and is nonconforming to the DR1 zoning's 50-foot setback…
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