BALTIMORE—Developer John Brooks, who is looking to build a townhouse community at the former Civil War-era Florence Crittenton Home in Hampden, secured sought after revised zoning variances from the Baltimore City Municipal Zoning and Appeals Board.
The board granted the request for 15-foot setbacks for some of the 19 townhouses he plans to build on the 2.5-acre site that at one time was a home for unwed mothers, according to the Baltimore Sun.
Earlier this year, Brooks sought four variances for 10-foot setbacks, instead of the required 20-foot setbacks, but the zoning board rejected that request. The board Tuesday granted his scaled-back request for two 15-foot setback variances.
Brooks wants to convert the historic, Civil War-era Florence Crittenton Home into 11 apartments and tear down a dormitory building on the site and replace it with 19 three-story, attached townhouses. Brooks hopes to secure subdivision approval by the city Planning Commission this summer and break ground on the venture by October. See story in the Baltimore Sun.
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