Baltimore Co. OKs Towson Manor Plan

Setting aside fears they were establishing undesirable precedent, members of the Baltimore County planning board approved a community plan that recommends zoning changes on a proposed development instead of the other way around.

If approved by the county council, the community plan for the run-down, student-populated Towson Manor Village will be amended into the county?s master plan, paving the way for the 160-unit housing complex that serves as its centerpiece. The plan recommends the county increase the number of houses allowed on a 13-acre tract at the heart of the neighborhood to permit 16 homes per acre instead of the 5.5 allowed under existing zoning.