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Why it matters: BA24-022C is a de novo appeal relating to a conditional use petition for an outdoor athletic facility; postponing the hearing delays any board-level decision and gives petitioners and opponents additional time to prepare documentary evidence and testimony.

Minutes approval

The board voted to approve the April 10, 2025, meeting minutes. The motion to approve was moved by Miss Faircove and seconded by Miss Phillips. During roll call the transcript records the following approvals: Chair Gene Ryan — approve; Miss Fearcol — approve; Miss Harris — approve; Miss Phillips — approve; Miss Shue — approve. The motion carried and the minutes for 04/10/2025 were recorded as approved.

Postponement of BA24-022C

The board called case BA24-022C at the start of the meeting. Mr. Sanders (Department of Planning and Zoning staff) summarized the matter as a petition filed by Charles Serpico et al. seeking conditional use approval for an outdoor athletic facility under Howard County Zoning Regulations, Section 131(b)(2) and Section 131(n)(6). The subject property was described in the record as 6717 Mink Hollow Road, tax map 34, parcel (Bl) 21 parcel 287, and comprising 11.01 acres in the RRDEO (Rural Residential Density Exchange Option) overlay district. The matter was presented as a de novo appeal from a March 3, 2025, order by the Howard County Hearing Examiner.

The record included the Howard County Code, the Howard County Charter, the zoning regulations, the 02/12/2025 Department of Planning and Zoning technical staff report with attached agency comments, the general plan and conditional use petition materials. The petitioners filed required certificates of advertising and an affidavit of posting as required by the Howard County Code.

The board acknowledged a request for postponement; the request demonstrated good cause and the transcript records there was no opposition from opponents. The board issued an order granting the postponement; the hearing will be continued to June 5, 2025, at 9 a.m., with a reserve hearing continuation date of June 26, 2025, at 9 a.m.

Opposition and representation

The transcript identifies parties registered in opposition to the petition by name: Angela F. Bruce; Robert J. Bruce; Michael J. Joseph Mulcare; and Kelly Bridal. The transcript also states those opponents are represented by counsel G. Macy Nelson. The petitioners are identified in the record as Charles Serpico et al.

Meeting context and next steps

Board members asked procedural questions about what materials would be part of the record in the continued hearing and whether additional Department of Planning and Zoning records could be supplied before the continued hearing; staff advised that the technical staff report is currently in the record and that additional materials would be introduced at the continued hearing as part of the de novo appeal process.

Ending

The board adjourned the hearing portion of the meeting after issuing the postponement order; the hearing on BA24-022C is rescheduled for June 5, 2025, at 9 a.m., with a reserve continuation on June 26, 2025, at 9 a.m.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Howard - BA 24-022C - Charles Siperko (and Work Session) - May 01, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","At its May 1 meeting the Howard County Board of Appeals approved minutes from April 10, 2025, and issued an order postponing the hearing in case BA24-022C to June 5, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., with a continuation date of June 26 if needed.","taxTitle","Howard County, Maryland","taxId",13634,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6572664,"Howard County Board of Appeals agrees to editorial revisions of rules of procedure, prepares prefile for County Council",3882,352000,4234000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3169140-273d6c8cf9a58bb96c446df6ce269fea&start=352&end=4234","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3169140-273d6c8cf9a58bb96c446df6ce269fea/thumbnail_352000.jpg","/articles/6572664/Howard-County/Maryland/Howard-County-Board-of-Appeals-agrees-to-editorial-revisions-of-rules-of-procedure-prepares-prefile-for-County-Council","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6572664-7e86326a86aeca440e3477eac049f69e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771166040&Signature=Jwi5qOSZoj~baR0uFxMe5nImrzOSzOP2K59Mk03pGKu1Bv8nl5QDylgUmzmY9VkyGMMgiY1WskcQUsDykRuAUS~KmCO397TLnz6v7me2fSWe79JC9vhiQqVmLpfDbOPkQ5xdV5sLAYLebd2lAUiEhF5Rexr3EeARutYRV8tej8bIVALZ4eWZ9HhVT~4~12LDwZm-wbCMed7N-DQwWll0yqSeHDl8QeM9Qwp5P1w4K5oVjjEULD3EzKctYlDeUg6qH67muX56125OFvRgktOpODaE4XH8ILoSub85u~Jro5YWFFC2UKcc77knvsGkHjT7Pu8EnQWGXS9SOKsf7sGtrw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Howard County Board of Appeals on May 1, 2025, agreed on a set of editorial and formatting changes to its rules of procedure and instructed staff to prepare the document for prefiling with the County Council.

The changes are stylistic and clarifying rather than substantive, the board said, and include standardized references to the board, updating references to the board’s legal adviser, punctuation and capitalization fixes, renumbering of subparts, and instructions to place supporting forms and filing codes online rather than in a printed appendix.

Why it matters: The rules spell out how the board schedules hearings, handles evidence and filings, and manages recusals and alternates. Even stylistic changes affect clarity for petitioners, opponents and staff, and the county council will review the board’s proposed rules before they take effect.

At the start of the session, Chair Gene Ryan called the meeting and the board moved into a work session focused on the rules after briefly handling administrative items. Board members and the board’s legal adviser reviewed the document line by line and agreed on a set of edits intended to harmonize terminology, remove references to an appendix, and clarify procedural phrasing.

Key agreed edits and clarifications

- Reference wording: The board agreed to treat “Board of Appeals” as the formal name and to default to the shortened term “the board” elsewhere in the document for clarity. Instances of the abbreviation “BOA” were to be replaced with “the board” where appropriate.

- Legal-adviser language: Where the rules previously said “county solicitor,” the board agreed to replace that phrasing with “board’s legal adviser” in most locations to allow flexibility in who provides legal support. The board retained a specific reference to the County Solicitor in one place where the office’s legal sufficiency review is required before publication.

- Hearing examiner language: Board members discussed whether to prefix references to a “hearing examiner” with “Board of Appeals” to distinguish this role from other county hearing examiners. After reviewing the existing definition in the rules, the board opted not to change the definition but confirmed the intent that the rules apply to the examiner who handles Board of Appeals matters.

- Alternate members and absences: The board clarified language about calling an alternate member to participate. The rules will continue to require alternates to “participate” (a defined term in the document that includes reviewing exhibits and asking questions) rather than simply being “called up,” and the board emphasized the expectation that members provide advance notice of absences so scheduling can be accommodated.

- Style and formatting fixes: The board approved numerous punctuation and capitalization fixes (for example, capitalizing “Presiding” where used as an official title), small wording changes (for example, changing “tell the board” to “present the board with an oral summary”), and renumbering of nested lists so order-of-presentation items are numbered sequentially rather than indented lettered sub-points.

- Electronic filings and appendices: The board voted to remove references to an appendix and to move supplemental materials — including approved filing codes and example forms — to an online location (the Board of Appeals website). The board also approved a clarification for the handling of empty electronic submissions: an electronic submission received without any attachment will be rejected and the administrator will enter a “no document included” notation in the online record.

- Motions and terminology: The board asked staff to change the term “procedural review” to “reconsideration” in the motions section where applicable and to make other phrasing consistent through the document.

- Collateral materials: Board members agreed not to draft new application guides, user guides or other collateral materials until the County Council acts on the rules; the intent is to avoid preparing materials that might need revision if the council changes the text.

Process, next steps and scheduling

Board members said the changes discussed at the May 1 work session are intended as stylistic only and do not reopen substantive policy decisions. The board asked staff to prepare the finalized text for prefiling with the County Council. A preliminary schedule shared by staff listed May 22 as a potential prefile date, introduction on June 7, a council public hearing on June 16, and a possible council vote as early as July 7, though the council is not bound to that timeline.

The board also discussed expectations for member attendance once rules are enacted, including the chair’s discretion on excused absences and an expectation that members provide advance notice to facilitate scheduling.

The board did not take a new formal substantive vote to change policy during the session; members framed the meeting as a line-by-line editorial review to prepare the rules for council consideration.

Ending

The board closed the work session after completing the line-by-line review and directed staff to prepare the finalized, styled document and supporting online materials for submission to the County Council.","The Howard County Board of Appeals spent its May 1 work session reviewing line-by-line edits to its rules of procedure, approving multiple stylistic and clarification changes and directing staff to prefile the finalized rules with the County Council for consideration.","actionData","errors"]

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