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Documents from administrative proceedings before the Howard County Board of Planning and Zoning and Board of Appeals:
Age Qualified Restrictions Paper (pdf 84k)     
Conditional Use Petition (pdf 236k)    
Howard County Technical Staff Report (pdf 654k)    
Petition Denied by Planning and Zoning Apr 20, 06 (pdf 285k)     
Petitioners Post-Hearing Memorandum (10/10/2006) (.doc 116k)
Protestants Post-Hearing Memorandum (.doc 45k)
Board of Appeals Decision, Feb 1, 2007 (pdf 591k)           

Other useful information and web site links:

PELU [Public Engagement in the Land Use Process Task Force] 4/10/08 Meeting Information

Howard County Land Use Summit Meeting Mar 12, 2008 Pictures

Howard County PELU Task force (Public Engagement in Land Use Task Force) that has regular public meetings. Their website and blog

Howard County Charter and Code (Howard County Council)

Howard County Planning and Zoning Home Page
    Howard County Planning Board Webpage
    Board of Appeals Schedule
    Board Rules and Proceedures

Howard County General Plan 2000 (Important Document, please read. Many comments against such proposed condo developments)

Senior Housing Master Plan for Howard County (Dec 04) (Senior housing plan for the county)

Ho Co Demographic Profile Update 2005.doc (327k) (Demographic statistics for HoCty)
Howard County Economic Development Authority (Demographics link)

Rural Cluster Development (Howard County, Definition and purpose)
Rural Cluster Development  (Agriculture land preservation program home page)
Howard County Zoning Regulations (Section 131 “conditional uses” defined)

MD State Highway Admin Traffic Trends (works only with MS Explorer)
Traffic Congestion Monitoring Report (pdf 2,275k) (Route 32 Flow and Speed Problems)
Maryland Rt 32, A Policy Analysis (Study of Rt32 conditions and plans)

Approved Water and Sewage Treatment Facilities in Howard County

Columbia Gas of Maryland (transmission line contact number 301-762-6308) Gas line on site
Hazards of Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines

Elected Officials Contact Information (.doc 24k)  

Documents for Court of Special Appeals:
Letter from H Alderman to MD Court of Special Appeals dtd 10/20/08  (NEW ITEM)
Appeal Brief (filed 8/4/2008)  (NEW ITEM)
Appeal Brief Attachments (filed 8/4/2008) (pdf 22meg) (NEW ITEM)

Documents  re: Legal Appeal to the Circuit Court:

Circuit Court Judge Decision Document (11/20/07)  Judge Signature and Date Page

Petitioner’s Reply Memorandum (filed 11/09/07 1.2meg)   
Memorandum of Respondents to the Circuit Court received 10/12/07  (pdf 2.9meg)  

Notice of Circuit Court Appeal  (Filed 3/1/2007) (pdf 1.5meg)  
Official Transcript (400 Pages, Received 6/28/07) (pdf 14meg)  

Protestants' Rule Memorandum Filed Aug 6, 2007 with Howard Cty Circuit Court (pdf 6meg)
  Protestants' Rule Memorandum Exhibit A  (pdf 2meg)
  Protestants' Rule Memorandum Exhibit B  (pdf 1meg)
  Protestants' Rule Memorandum Exhibit C  (pdf 1.5meg)
  Protestants' Rule Memorandum Exhibit D  (pdf 3meg)  

Multi-Use Septic Information:

County Sues Cattail Creek Developers: Balt Sun Article 9/18/2008 Howard Section  (NEW ITEM)

County Executive Public Forum, June 26, 2008, Video: Part 1 of 5,  2 of 5,  3 of 5,  4 of 5 ,  5 of 5 (NEW ITEM)

County Council Video Testimony for Bill 49-2008 and 51-2008 (Video 1 of 2 (26meg))  (Video 2 of 2 (41meg))  (NEW ITEM)
          Council Vote  7/12/08 (Video 5meg) (NEW ITEM)

County Council Of Howard County, MD 2008  Bill No. 49-2008  (NEW ITEM)  An act regulating certain residential multi-use sewerage systems

County Council Of Howard County, MD 2008  Bill No. 51-2008  (NEW ITEM)  An act prohibiting installation of certain multi-use sewerage systems for residential projects; providing exceptions; allowing the County Board of Health to adopt certain regulations; and generally relating to private sewer systems.

Proposed Amendment to Age Restricted Housing Conditional Use Regulations:

Developer Petition ZRA-108 to amend the definition of Age Restricted Adult Housing in section 103.A.5 of the Howard County Zoning Regulations  (NEW ITEM)  This amendment to the Age Restricted Housing Conditional Use is being proposed by Brantly Development. Clearly they are looking to water down the restriction to their advantage.