How can you help?

• Join The Farmyard Family on February 13th at 6pm at Loch Raven High School. Wear anything with a Farmyard logo.
• Comment, share, and post your concerns on social media using #keepthefarmyardinparkton24.
• Write a letter to Councilman Wade Kach in support of his statement that he should not entertain this re-zoning request (see below) and “Cc” ourfarmyardmaryland@gmail.com. Any correspondence can be sent by email to council3@baltimorecountymd.gov or by mail to:

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Additional Information:

21159 Old York Road is home to Parkton’s popular The Farmyard LLC, a farm and agritourism destination owned by Hereford High School Alumni Renee Wilson. The property is currently under review for re-zoning in northern Baltimore County.

Baltimore County’s Zoning Issue 3-048

Link to the application summary: https://bcgis.baltimorecountymd.gov/Images/CZMP2024/3-048.pdf

• A request was submitted by Todd Warren (Baltimore County Planning Board – District 1). The Farmyard is located in District 3.
• The request would re-zone 8.7 acres of Renee Wilson’s farm currently zoned RC 2 (agriculture) and change it to BM CR (commercial).
• Renee Wilson, owner of the 21159 Old York Rd property and The Farmyard LLC, did not submit this request and is fully against it.
• You can learn more about the different zoning intents and typical uses via Baltimore County’s Citizen’s Guide to Zoning. 
• The Planning Board Public Hearing is on February 13th at 6pm at Loch Raven High School. You are highly encouraged to attend.

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Response from Councilman Wade Kach (From Farmyard Facebook Post on 1/25): “Hello all, please share this to those who have expressed concern. This zoning request was made by a member of the planning board, Todd Warren, and not by me or my office. This is public record. It is also odd that it was made by a planning board member who does not directly represent this area. I was not consulted in this, nor was the District 3 Planning Board Member, which is also extremely unusual, and disappointing. If I had been consulted, I would have instructed the applicant that it was not advisable to submit. I suspect the person who made this request knew this, which, I suspect, was why I was not consulted. Please be assured that the zoning decision on this issue is made by me alone, with the support of Councilmatic Courtesy. I am committed to keeping our rural areas, rural. This requested zoning change would go against this. Unless there is significant community support for this change, at first glance, this is not a zoning change I would entertain.”

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Statement from Farmyard Owner, Renee Wilson: I, Renee Wilson (owner of the property and The Farmyard LLC), did not submit the request to rezone from agriculture to commercial and am fully against it. My family has been farming in the Hereford Zone for over 100 years. I created my agritourism business to give others the same opportunities I had growing up as a “farm kid.” The community rallied behind us in 2021 so that we could #keepthefarmyardinparkton. We have spent the last two years rebuilding the #farmyard2point0. It has been open to the public for free during our regular hours of operation since we began in 2016.

I sincerely appreciate Baltimore County Councilman Wade Kach’s quick response to the post we made on the 25th, stating that he would most likely not entertain the idea.

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The photos below have been pulled from Baltimore County’s Citizen’s Guide to Zoning

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Learn more about the history of The Farmyard.