Wednesday, May 1, 2013
'Zoning is not and cannot be a popularity contest.' - Sang Oh, attorney for funeral home owners.
Update - 4:36 p.m. - correction appended. After years of controversy, owners were given the right to build a new funeral home near a residential area in Clarksville, despite protests from an organized group of residents that the home would cause traffic, environmental and quality of life issues. The Howard County Board of Appeals approved a proposal to build the funeral home on Route 108 in Clarksville during a hearing attended by more than 200 people on Tuesday night at the George Howard Building in Ellicott City. The issue pitted a united group of Clarksville residents against Donaldson Funeral Home, which wants to build a 17,000 square foot funeral home at a location between St. Louis Catholic Church and Christ Lutheran Church on Route…
Sunday, October 14, 2012
The top comments from a post about a proposed funeral home in Clarksville.
The debate over a funeral home proposed for a 3-acre parcel on Route 108 in Clarksville has reignited after a Board of Appeals hearing on Tuesday night. On a poll about whether the proposed funeral home, which would by owned by Jay Donaldson (who owns two funeral homes in Prince George's County) should be approved, Patch commenters weighed in with more than 50 comments about the funeral home. Here are some of them: Poll: Should the Clarksville Funeral Home Be Approved "Clarksville DOES NOT need a funeral home and Donaldson and his cadre know it." - Eve Johnston "Only residents (Clarksville/Highland) within 5 mile radius from the location should be able to vote." - Soon "The current traffic at the intersection of Route 32 and Route 108 is…
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The Board of Appeals is scheduled to hear testimony on the funeral home Tuesday night.
A contentious debate over whether to place a new funeral home on Route 108 in Clarksville is set to continue Tuesday night at a Board of Appeals hearing. A spokesperson for the Board of Appeals said Tuesday's hearing is likely to consist of testimony, with a decision highly unlikely. The issue has united a few residential communities in opposition to the funeral home that would be located on a three-acre wooded lot on Route 108, between St. Louis Catholic and Christ Lutheran Church. The residents argue the funeral home is a cultural, environmental and community issue, while the lawyer for the potential owner says the proposal meets all the requirements it needs to be approved. The debate between the residents and the owner, Jay Donaldson…
Christie Wilson
2:37 pm on Thursday, May 2, 2013
he did do just that - yes and then no because he wanted to re-write the standing law on the books - he was confusing more ›