BOARD OF APPEALS
June 24, 2026
County Administration Building, 100 W. Washington St., Meeting Room 2000, Hagerstown, at 6:00 p.m.
AGENDA
AP2026-018: Mark Winders filed to appeal the Planning Commission's approval of the simplified plat SI-26-006 for property owned by Randy & Misti Winders and located at 10614 Crystal Falls Drive, Hagerstown, Zoned Environmental Conservation District.
AP2026-019: An appeal was filed by John R. Oliver Co. Inc. for a variance from the lot area, lot width, and side yard setbacks for an existing two-family dwelling to be subdivided into two semi-detached dwellings. The property is owned by the appellant and located at 19325 Longmeadow Road Units C & D, Hagerstown, Zoned Residential Suburban District. Unit C-variances: lot area from 6,250 sq. ft. to 4,931 sq. ft., lot width from 37.5 ft to 27.06 ft., side yard setback from 12 ft. to 10.31 ft. Unit D-variances: lot area from 6,250 sq. ft. to 4,154 sq. ft., lot width from 37.5 ft. to 23.22 ft., side yard setback from 12 ft. to 5.40 ft.
AP2026-020: An appeal was filed by Bailey & Joel Ziler for a variance from the lot area, lot width, and side yard setbacks for an existing two-family dwelling to be subdivided into two semi-detached dwellings. The property is owned by the appellants and located at 136 & 138 Harvard Road, Hagerstown, Zoned Residential Urban District. 136 Harvard Road-variances: lot area from 5,000 sq. ft. to 4,500 sq. ft., lot width from 35 ft. to 25.02 ft., side yard setback from 10 ft. to 5.09 ft. 138 Harvard Road-variances: lot area from 5,000 sq. ft. to 4,500 sq. ft., lot width from 35 ft. to 24.98 ft., side yard setback from 10 ft. to 5.08 ft.
AP2026-021: An appeal was filed by Sign Here for a variance from the required 25 ft. setback from the road right-of-way to 10 ft. for proposed freestanding sign on the property owned by CRP/TCC Rhoton Owner LLC and located at 16545 Cargo Drive, Hagerstown, Zoned Planned Industrial.
AP2026-022: An appeal was filed by Sign Here for a variance from the required 25 ft. setback from the road right-of-way to 0 ft. for proposed freestanding sign on the property owned by Mt. Pleasant Church of God and located at 24107 Foxville Road, Smithsburg, Zoned Environmental Conservation.
Pursuant to the Maryland Open Meetings Law, notice is hereby given that the deliberations of the Board of Zoning Appeals are open to the public. Furthermore, the Board, at its discretion, may render a decision as to some or all of the cases at the hearing described above or at a subsequent hearing, the date and time of which will be announced prior to the conclusion of the public hearing. Individuals requiring special accommodations are requested to contact Katie Rathvon at 240-313-2464 Voice, 240-313-2130 Voice/TDD no later than June 15, 2026. Any person desiring a stenographic transcript shall be responsible for supplying a competent stenographer.
The Board of Appeals reserves the right to vary the order in which the cases are called. Please take note of the Amended Rules of Procedure (Adopted July 5, 2006), Public Hearing, Section 4(d) which states:
Applicants shall have ten (10) minutes in which to present their request and may, upon request to and permission of the Board, receive an additional twenty (20) minutes for their presentation. Following the Applicant's case in chief, other individuals may receive three (3) minutes to testify, except in the circumstance where an individual is representing a group, in which case said individual shall be given eight (8) minutes to testify.
Those Applicants requesting the additional twenty (20) minutes shall have their case automatically moved to the end of the docket.
For extraordinary cause, the Board may extend any time period set forth herein, or otherwise modify or suspend these Rules, to uphold the spirit of the Ordinance and to do substantial justice.
Tracie Felker, Chairman
Board of Zoning Appeals
Publication Dates
LHAG0533165