Leader says high-rises conflict with vision for Columbia

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One Columbia leader said the Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning?s proposal to allow developers to barter for taller high-rises clashes with the original vision for Columbia.

“Practically everybody wants a height limitation,” said Columbia Association Board Member Barbara Russell, who said people are appalled by the 22-story Plaza Residences building planned near Lake Kittamaqundi in the Town Center.

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