Judge hears Catonsville arguments

A Catonsville community took their arguments against a developer?s plans tocircuit court Thursday, hoping a ruling could change the way Baltimore County calculates housing density and lot sizes.

An attorney for the Westview Park Improvement & Civic Association said the county?s zoning commissioner, William Wisemen, didn?t consider potential traffic impacts when he approved a 13-home development on the west side of Rolling Road. He also overlooked requirements for new developments to complement existing ones, lawyer J. Carroll Holzer told Judge Susan Souder, and approved the plan only because county staff said the plan, on ink, met all regulations.