Carroll Highlands self-storage

A Panorama Drive resident agreed the property was mistakenly zoned, handed in ground-level view materials the developer didn't provide, and warned about the planned roadway running through homes, traffic dangers, and property values.

An immediately adjacent resident submitted a 37-page analysis arguing the rezoning was a mistake, cited crime, traffic, and fire-access concerns, and announced a cease-and-desist order filed over the deed restriction on Lot 19.

Also next door to the site, she said she has no problem with the developer doing his job but with the rezoning itself, quoting Freedom Plan language about not fundamentally transforming communities against residents' will.

Showed photos of the proposed building's view from her home on Panorama Drive, said the project 15 feet from her property line has taken a mental and physical toll, and asked the commission to rezone the parcel C-1.

A 36-year Carroll Highlands Road resident cited the 2019 zoning modernization meetings and the Freedom plan's promise not to transform communities against homeowners' will, and asked the commission not to let the project advance on inappropriately zoned property.

Adjacent property owner said the site simply doesn't belong there, noted the BZA recently cited the Freedom plan in a denial, and highlighted the consultant's findings that storage belongs in C-3 zones with buffers near homes.

A 36-year Freedom District resident argued the Carroll Highlands property should have been rezoned C-1 (neighborhood commercial) instead of C-2, urged the commission to correct the zoning, and pushed back on being labeled NIMBY, saying children play in those backyards.

Lives next to the proposed site; urged the board to let the deferral and consultant process proceed, saying storage adds no jobs or tax base.

Described the construction zone seven yards from her house, 24 meetings attended, and asked for an evening hearing in Eldersburg if one is held.

Asked the board to leave the deferral as is, citing two packed town meetings and the Liberty Road front elevation's visual impact.

Warned that approving it invites similar projects countywide and said falling property values would undercut the budget's assumptions; made inflammatory accusations.

Gave a detailed timeline of the parcel's zoning history and deed restriction, and urged the board to leave the deferral as is.

Said her home backs to the site, described living in the building's shadow, and begged the board to keep the deferral in place.

Speaking for prospective developer Scott Cooper, argued any modification requires a public hearing first and noted the project has all agency approvals.