Zoning process doubts

“Part of the problem is the PUDs, which give them far too much latitude. We're petitioning for the PUD laws to be revised.”

If the developers who want to tear down the vacant Bendix factory don't get the zoning change that would permit them to build a home-improvement store in the Loch Raven area, they have a Plan B in place.

The project has already been approved for the planned unit development process, which eliminates some zoning and development regulations for projects deemed a benefit to the community.

Some community leaders are becoming increasingly wary about planned unit developments - PUDs - being used as an alternative to the highly scrutinized comprehensive zoning map process, or CZMP, currently under way in Baltimore County. Read more