In the hills above old Ellicott City, Taylor Service Company is seeking approval to build 74 townhouses and 178 apartments — just Phase One of this three-phase project. The Planning Board's meeting this Thursday, December 1st at 7 PM is the only public meeting to decide whether that project moves forward as currently proposed.

This is the last sixty of his 600 acres to be cleared in these hills.

Taylor wants to reduce a 100’-required buffer of canopy trees and plant communities to 75’. D1 will be testifying in opposition.

We've already seen development, infill, and roundabouts put onto College Avenue that never should've been approved. Reducing this buffer would destroy the scenic qualities of that protected road. Reducing this buffer increases impervious surface in the old Ellicott City watershed. And reducing this buffer eliminates the potential for some part of it to become bike- and walk-protected pathways to Main Street.

This has to stop.

Sign up to testify against the developer's plans on the Planning Board's website. Testimony is limited to three minutes, and you can even do it virtually.