Balto. Co. OKs scores of zoning changes

Packed house quietly witnesses council redrawing land-use map

In Kamenetz's 2nd District, which includes Ruxton and Pikesville, Associated Jewish Charities failed in its attempt to change the residential zoning on a 55.8-acre parcel it owns north of St. Thomas Lane near Garrison Forest Road to allow for office and residential uses. The request had met considerable opposition.

Some council rezoning decisions

* The Sparks-Glencoe Community Planning Council got most of what it asked for in its bid to place more restrictive zoning on a 376-acre area between Interstate 83 and Big Falls Road north of Monkton Road.

* Following the Planning Board's recommendation, the council left alone the "manufacturing" zoning on a 16-acre parcel on the north side of Eastern Boulevard across from Lynbrook Road, rejecting Vanguard Equities' request for a "business major" designation.

* A similar request by Thompson 124 Northpoint Ltd. to change a 9.4-acre parcel at North Point Boulevard and Baltimore Street from "manufacturing" to "business" was approved.