Thursday, March 7, 2013
The community is willing to pitch in and help clean up the property, which an expert called 'neglected', but only if they can find others interesting in helping.
The long-beleaguered Oakleigh Pet Cemetery could be the focus of one community's efforts to beautify their neighborhood if they are able to partner with other organizations on the effort. The cemetery, located at 8408 Oakleigh Road, has been declining for about 20 years—headstones are broken, vandalized or misplaced and graves sunken in—and is a serious concern for residents who live nearby and those who have pets buried there. About 35 people with ties to the property, either neighbors or property owners, attended a recent Ridgeleigh Community Association meeting regarding the cemetery, where they heard from "Bigg" Jim Jones of the Paranormal Research and Investigative Society of Maryland. Jones, who has 40 years experience documenting …
Monday, February 18, 2013
The Ridgeleigh Community Association will host a general membership meeting Tuesday to talk about the decaying Oakleigh Pet Cemetery.
A Tuesday night meeting at Johnny Dee's Lounge in Parkville will focus on an ailing local landmark. Oakleigh Pet Cemetery, located in the Ridgeleigh neighborhood, contains the graves of pets dating back to the 1920's, according to an email from the Ridgeleigh Community Association. The cemetery site, located at 8408 Oakleigh Road, has become a concern for the neighbors since falling into disrepair. "The grounds have become overgrown with weeds and brush, the headstones have been vandalized, debris and litter covers the graves, and the cemetery is fast becoming a refuge for juvenile delinquents and rodents," according to the email. "The current state of the cemetery has earned its current owner tens of thousands of dollars in fines and the …
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Residential development will still be allowed if the property is sold but the density of housing will be decreased.
In a recent blog post on Patch, fifth district councilman David Marks announced his intention to decrease the zoning for a neighborhood pet cemetery as a part of the county's quadrennial comprehensive zoning map process (CZMP). The planned change will allow only 3 houses to be built on the Oakleigh Pet Cemetery property instead of the current 15 that could be built there, regardless of environmental constraints, Marks wrote. The pet cemetery, located in the 8400 block of Oakleigh Road, has been deteriorating for years leading to thousands of dollars in fines from Baltimore County's government, according to Marks. In addition to the proposed zoning changes, Marks said that he planned to introduce legislation at an August County Council …
Joe Tragesser
12:47 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
My issue with the owner is why have an alleged "agent" to "organize" a cleanup. Why isn't the "owner" more involved in the process? But he bought the property originally as "an investment". I have other issues with Cindy. But to unilaterally state that we cannot be on the property, which we have paid plots on, and that we cannot take photos. Really? What do they have to hide out at the cemetery … more ›