05/11/2023
Sample Letter or Email & Hearing information: NO ROYAL FARM 2023
Email: Note: The Appeal Number is 2013-29
Send a copy to YOUR neighborhood association. They need to know that neighbors don’t support this
development.
BCC NoRoFo: [email protected]
Rebecca Witt, Executive Director BMZA: [email protected]
Councilman Ryan Dorsey, District 3: [email protected]
Councilwoman Danielle McCray, District 2: [email protected]
City Council President, Nick Mosby: [email protected]
Mayor Brandon Scott: [email protected]
Write:
Rebecca Witt, Executive Director
Baltimore City Board of Municipal and
Zoning Appeals (BMZA)
417 E. Fayette Street, No. 922
Baltimore, MD 21202
Councilman Ryan Dorsey, District 3
100 Holliday Street, Suite 500
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
410-396-4812
Councilwoman Danielle McCray District 2
100 Holliday Street, Suite 500
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
410-396-4808
Brandon Scott, City Council President
100 Holliday Street, Suite 400
Baltimore, Maryland, 21202
410-396-4804
Brandon Scott, Mayor’s Office
City Hall – 100 Holliday Street
Room 250
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
410-396-4397
Brandon Scott, City Council President
City Hall – 100 Holliday Street
Suite 400
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-396-4804
SHORT & SWEET Letter or Email Structure or Testimony Creator (3 QUESTIONS)
1. WHO YOU ARE? 2. WHERE YOU LIVE? 3. WHY YOU OPPOSE?
Sample # 1
I am writing to oppose the proposed development of 5901 Harford Road LLC into a large scale Royal Farms gas
station and convenience store (Appeal no. 2013-029) The proposed site is located in an established, residential
neighborhood, with a commercial corridor for small businesses. The scale of this project is one you would
expect on a large highway, not on a revitalized main street corridor and is not aligned with the community
development that has already taken place, since the plan was first proposed. [I am a resident of ‘your
neighborhood name’ ].
Sample #2
1 See back side of paper for talking points. Please add your own experiences to the talking points.
2 Together, our neighbors are working to make Hamilton a safer, more family friendly community. Many
families have bought homes in the Hamilton area specifically for its Main Street appeal that includes local
restaurants, coffee shops, a small theater (The Strand), and two Art Galleries all within a kilometer of the
proposed site. The proposed site is at a dangerous five-way intersection that borders public buildings such as
the Hamilton Library and Hamilton Elementary / Middle School. Adding a large scale gas station/convenience
store to this mix not only takes away from this appeal, it threatens the safety of pedestrians, local homeowners,
and local business owners.
3 This is not the first time this issue has come before the BMZA. In the past, all of the community
associations in the surrounding area of the proposed site voted unanimously to oppose the development of 5901
Harford Road into a Royal Farms. Please take this into consideration as you make your decision.
