Zoning official calling it quits

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Baltimore County?s deputy zoning commissioner ? regarded by some community activists as the most responsive to their concerns ? is unexpectedly retiring, officials said Wednesday.

Deputy Zoning Commissioner John Murphy, one of two officials who have the final authority on development proposals, submitted a letter of resignation to County Executive Jim Smith earlier this week, according to Smith?s spokesman, Don Mohler. Murphy, a former County Councilman who was appointed by Smith in 2002, refused to confirm the news.

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