Parking, traffic still concerns on 101 York project in Towson

Traffic and parking continue to top the concerns of Towson residents who attended a community input meeting with the developer of 101 York, a student housing and retail project proposed for York Road near Burke Avenue.

About 100 people crowded into a basement meeting room at the Towson Library on Tuesday eveningto air their apprehensions about the $75 million planned unit development project.

Residents questioned the project's number of parking spaces as well as how increased traffic would affect an already clogged intersection at York Road and Burke Avenue, among other concerns.

Construction on the 13-story development with 248 units and 611 beds could begin as soon as next summer with occupancy by September 2017, according to David Schlachman, of DMS Development, which is developing the project.

Under the county's PUD laws, developments are allowed above a property's designated zoning density, provided there is a need for that development, a community benefit is included in the project and there is community input on the project.

Four levels of parking would contain 495 spaces with two levels underground and two levels behind 9,300 square feet of retail.

"You won't be able to see them from York Road," said Matthew Bishop, of Morris & Ritchie Associates Inc., a landscape architect on the project.

Baltimore County requires dormitory buildings to have one parking space per four beds, according to William Monk, of Morris & Ritchie.

"That is a Baltimore County regulation," Monk said. In fact, that regulation would require only 153 parking spaces for students, he added.

Residents questioned the allotted number of parking spots.

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Parking, traffic still concerns on 101 York project in Towson