The Carroll County Board of Zoning Appeals held a public hearing on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Reagan Room of the Carroll County Office Building. The board considered four contested cases and one extension request. The meeting included site-specific testimony, public comments, and votes on conditional use permits and variances.
Call the uh BZA. Um hearing to order in our first order of business this morning is case number six five eight eight. Nixon, could you go ahead and introduce the file for us, please? Case uh sixty-five eighty eight, an application for conditional use for commercial dog candle for less than ten dollars. The site is located at sixteen twenty-five Wakefield Valley Road, New Windsor Maryland Property Zone A Agricultural District and Election District Eleven. A site visit is tentatively scheduled for October fifteenth, twenty twenty-five at approximately ten A. M. In the file of this matter, we have the following documents. Site minutes. There's a October 2025 memo from Carly Fallat Planning Technician to the board. The above reference BZA case has been reviewed for consistency with the policies and recommendations contained in the 2014 Carroll County Master Plan as amended in 2019, the Carroll County Water and Sewer Master Plan and other functional plans. Based on factors described above, planning staff finds that this request is consistent with the 2014 Carroll County Master Plan as amended in 2019. There's an October 10th, 2025 letter from Daphne Daly, Secretary to the Planning Commission to the board. After having reviewed the information contained in the attached analysis, the facts as presented in the application, the relevant portions of applicable, comprehensive and other functional plans, and in accordance with the land use article. This conditional use require request if granted is consistent with the policies, timing of the implementation of the plan, timing of development, timing and rezoning, development patterns, land uses and densities or intensities. There is a response to Joe Vance's request of various state and local agencies from Thomas Harris with permits and inspections. The pickup and drop-off areas shall be ADA accessible. There is a response to Joe Vance's request of various state and local agencies from Anastasia Yamalanova zoning administrator. No comments. The Animal Control Administration, the Kenna Andrews. We have them owning four dogs currently. No other comments. Comments and nine. Hearing notice was posted September 29th, 2025. Hearing notice was posted September 24th, 2025 by Inspector Scott Robinson. There is a response to Joe Vance's request of various state and local agencies from JP Smith Jr. Program Manager Ag Land Preservation Program. Activities other than agriculture and residential uses are prohibited except one for small scale commercial activities within structures used as residences. Advisory board approval will be required. Joe Vance sent a comment member to various state and local agencies September 23rd, 2025. And then there's an application. So moved. Do I have a second? We will go ahead and enter the file into evidence. Couple of housekeeping details. If you're here for this case, sign in on the clipboard on the side. Mr. Brock, we will take care of your request after this case and before the next case. Thank you, sir. The pickets are here. Mr. Smith is here also. The pickets are here. You've never been before the BZA. I did see Ms. Pickett come in a couple of months ago to observe. So the procedure is you go ahead and present your case to the board. The board will then ask you questions. Anybody in the audience can ask you questions of your testimony. If there is anyone else that wants to provide testimony, they can do that.