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Article: Developers Ask Howard County, Md., Zoning Officials to Look at Small Picture.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- July 22, 2003
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By Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 22--David Titman has a tiny piece of land in Ellicott City -- smaller even than a suburban front yard -- that looks at first glance as if it's too diminutive to give a second thought.
But he sees value in his one-fourteenth of an acre. If he can get the property rezoned, he could construct a modest building with offices, shops or even a home, filling in a long-vacant spot near historic Main Street.
As Howard County officials consider how to comprehensively rezone land in the affluent suburb, a step taken only once a decade, they're being asked by many ...