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Planning Board Threatened With Jail

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Christina W.
11 July 2005 - 7:00am

A judge orders the Carroll County Planning and Zoning Commission to approve 254 townhouses or face jail.

A Circuit judge orders the Caroll County Planning and Zoning Commission to approve a 254-townhouse project -- in an area already faced with water shortages, overcrowded schools, and road congestion -- or face being jailed for contempt."The proposed development 'totally ignores every regulation we have in place to protect the citizens' quality of life,' Gouge said last year."

Full Story: Carroll planning board threatened with jail
Source: The Baltimore Sun, July 7, 2005
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