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A Maryland Circuit Court judge directed that the violation of the covenant be “removed” after hearing evidence of protests by neighbors and claims that by hosting dinners for many guests at the Chabad House the Rivkins had violated local zoning laws. Rivkin were up front in publicizing what their objectives were and how their residence would be used.Īfter the building permit was finally granted and much of the construction was done, a neighbor discovered a covenant in a 1950 deed prescribing a setback that was allegedly violated by the expanded building. From the day the Chabad House opened, Rabbi and Mrs. Most University Chabad Houses in the United States are zoned as “residences.” Baltimore County zoning officials adamantly and repeatedly demanded that the Towson Chabad House establish in time-consuming and expensive administrative hearings that it had a status other than a “residence” in order to receive a building permit that would enable it to expand so as to meet growing needs.Ĭhabad reluctantly complied with these unjustified demands. Efforts are being made in the Maryland state courts and will be made, if necessary, in federal court in Baltimore to prevent this senseless destruction that grows out of insensitivity to the needs of Jewish students and obvious misunderstanding of the function of a Chabad House at a university campus. What’s going on with the Towson Chabad House?Ī 4-year effort by Baltimore County permit and zoning officials to delay and prevent expansion of the Chabad House to accommodate the increasing number of Towson and Goucher students using its facilities has culminated in a court order that the $800,000 expansion be demolished.
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